poems
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Each time I bathe I fill the whole bathtub With my tears. No one knows that but me. And now you too. Xo, Matilda
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Some days she comes like tidal wavesWashing over meWave after wavePulling me under Making my so bones heavyThat I can not stand on my own My walk too shaky Voice too meekForcing me to lean on thoseWho will never understand itI wish she would just take meL’appel du videEven though I know she won’tI still…
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I watch the clouds blow inAnd I think of youHow beautiful you would make such a simple thingI wish it wasn’t like thisI know the fault lies with meIts justThings for me aren’t like they are for everybody elseI carry the shame of a woman I hateAs well as my ownIt’s so heavyAnd I don’t…
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When people first meet me,They LOVE me.Oh, how they love me.My hungry eyes feed their starving souls.causing them to beg for more and more,and more.That is, until….The dark starts seeping onto them.Permeating their clothes,Soaking their insides.And then…..They stay too long.Only to drown from my tears,When I had told them to go.
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I learned my mother gave me 3rd degree burns. And that when I dissociate,my body is preparing for me to die.Knowing this is meant to heal me,Yet, it only makes me cry.
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Living in this timeline with a shit immune system is equivalent to being in a horror movie Each new day Dodging the dangers While they pile up higher than mount everest Knowing they want you dead My fears hiding in the shadows of the air i breathe The food I eat And the things that…
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I make a bouquet from my garden Everyday for my grandmother. No one knows that but me. And now you too.
