The women in my family have worn
their grief like pearls,
tears that fallen down to their ears
hanging daintily,
shimmering powder blue,
passed down from mother to mother,
a generational heirloom.
May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020 at 10:48 PM UTC
match lit,
flickering,
growing,
swaying,
dancing,
glowing,
melting,
melting,
melting,
fading,
subsiding,
snuffed out.
May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020 at 10:13 PM UTC
---trigger warning: contains implications of **** (read at own discretion)---
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the preacher's son wears such clever disguise
that his true wolf hide comes as a surprise.
the preacher's son steals covet touches on the sly
and I can't escape no matter how hard I try.
the preacher's son tells me everything is alright
as he takes advantage of the cover of bleak night.
the preacher's son shreds my modest skirt
tells me to ignore the blood and hurt.
the preacher's son claws into my frozen vestal skin
and convinces himself that I led him into sin.
the preacher's son covets maiden purity
and vilifies me when I become *****
the preacher's son is an expert at sweet-talking
and his slick words have a way of destroying.
the preacher's son with shifty smiling serpent eyes
denounces my righteous cries as slanderous lies.
the preacher's son is done teaching me
and walks away with his born again hands clean.
Jan 4, 2020
Jan 4, 2020 at 9:29 PM UTC
even if he is as resplendent and radiant as the sun, when he drains the color from your life, stifles your effervescence, leeches your brilliance, do not be afraid to leave him.
- advice from ixchel
Dec 10, 2019
Dec 10, 2019 at 11:48 AM UTC
some days you will be empty
some days you will be full
the moon goes through phases too.
- advice from selene
Dec 3, 2019
Dec 3, 2019 at 5:56 PM UTC
Is it truly vanity
to not settle for the mundane?
I want to drink the champagne stars
hold the Moon in my arms,
kiss the Sun in all his glory
have the Night fall in love with me.
You call me insane
for not wanting to be contained,
for wanting to swim in the sea
of the universe
for wanting to speak
the language of the cosmos.
Why should I have to explain
the need to slide down a rainbow,
for wanting to swallow planets whole
and become celestial,
that yearning to immerse myself
in all that is strange and wonderful.
Nov 28, 2019
Nov 28, 2019 at 2:52 PM UTC
with each caress
and with each kiss,
even Hera and Zeus
grow jealous
of the passion
between us.
Oct 5, 2019
Oct 5, 2019 at 3:40 PM UTC
like Persephone bringing in spring,
I bloom when I'm with you.
Aug 19, 2019
Aug 19, 2019 at 11:30 PM UTC
God's greatest creation,
has been woman,
that is something that men,
have yet to fully understand.
Still, some offer us adoration,
and unending devotion.
While the others offer us mutilation,
and try to take away our voice,
smash our words,
decimate our choices.
And so with this double edged sword
we must contend.
Jun 21, 2019
Jun 21, 2019 at 10:12 PM UTC
My body has no axis
so it spins as it wants,
my body has no line
on which to stand,
or on which to hang.
I create with my own hands,
my mind is my own,
I am my own woman,
and this life is only mine.
I've cut off the strings,
that unjustly bind,
I create my own blessings.
I may ask God for forgiveness,
but for any more sin
I will no longer atone.
I create my own ending.
Jun 12, 2019
Jun 12, 2019 at 2:40 PM UTC