This is a set of two poems :3 140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYs7nUMczvP
(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJ2WUfiXgf
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02C0Z25Jqd
she walks with the grace of moonlight140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdN93oWiAA
and has eyes like protostars.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZFoVQJE3p
she’s not quite up to societal standards,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgStflf7O9x
and she lives in the future, not the past.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5uREG1AuH
i still chase after her anyways,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrs7hsMBBJP
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhNx2WozRc
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UVNPDmAaF
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJ23J27uho
she did, with her idle remarks140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNNi43WBhF
about how it would look better curled.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56TzJIZZsk
(i curled it into long ringlets.)140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pDqOEzIEQ
then she said it would be better short140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdT9fq2uBH
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMHeZkm3lQ
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KUuXSxIf3
in all manners of ways.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQFO5liR6q
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zIV8VDOgP
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqiAjIAoh6
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJtxPC7ZFL
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONOlL6Tfmn
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkGuDpECBs
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlvoIcTcKD
she did, with her languid tongue and140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1Ay3rCdCx
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOE43GHI6h8
she said, running fingers down my arm,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9YB26T6It
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvokQulsm2
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnftY4wlv5
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzakAkMXdE
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RAgzoAG55
she did in late nights spent curled together140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3dIcn0Sd1
in the back of my pick up truck, poking140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvO1yxiv06
and prodding at my body, saying that140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrqWeumxyx
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75VCgCf6Ag
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NZQgOgVcl
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxMtVDWjCY
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC6B2XzGY4
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnL568Dw6IA
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKooODnpfbR
she did with her loaded gun questions140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtXVghxgK7
and sketchy answers. late night calls140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdNrHo11yP
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCl5Mxu236
when it was never truly my fault.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKcvpNRYPL
she taught me to hate myself.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUYTqSXngq
(what is love if not another form of hate?)
