This is a set of two poems :3 370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1z2Hl8jKOV
(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHA2K7EpNyP
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbGACeyniq
she walks with the grace of moonlight370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3fyEhIKCP
and has eyes like protostars.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y18bPmPAX
she’s not quite up to societal standards,370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlHUdsO2Bk
and she lives in the future, not the past.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82ETYLL9Ra
i still chase after her anyways,370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzTPU71bDW
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEDAB5XE4h
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLBsKM6oBI
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQfSTPje2x
she did, with her idle remarks370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4WMdmtVQ6
about how it would look better curled.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoND1sTu4H
(i curled it into long ringlets.)370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uHXNPt7cK
then she said it would be better short370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo70alqCd4j
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1CakYhH2c
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0XpUo3KhJ
in all manners of ways.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXgjVMNKaV
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJloecAFoV
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwLQwqXJic
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbRkAMc4jq
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmT2jKeTn3
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQkp7BpFZh
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOnTlKUMM8
she did, with her languid tongue and370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayYPT5NH6Q
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6KozqvHkF
she said, running fingers down my arm,370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOlJrIBE5e
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIsOlFbV5J
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYxNkUZ64z
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HnKkOBsvm
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3ZFGI6maO
she did in late nights spent curled together370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vjclbcpph
in the back of my pick up truck, poking370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86enoQ3XZK
and prodding at my body, saying that370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoTrfWqlG6
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDWFXCXD9S
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTn81OcMStE
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBjmm8c5w4
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor2GQMPGuq
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrN3KlnRMv
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcdQSKyUwo
she did with her loaded gun questions370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwo4oOPgNLt
and sketchy answers. late night calls370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWLEUE1fcm
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltsWbVmoJL
when it was never truly my fault.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7V3fT7IRZw
she taught me to hate myself.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8D58JUgSM3
(what is love if not another form of hate?)
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