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Cole Aug 2022
Red
I'm angry at them,
but I can't shout.
My face is hot
and I feel burned out.
Try to calm down.
It's just in passing
but this thing in my chest
It's still lasting.

-Cnwlry
Cole Jul 2022
The line goes
"Would anyone notice if I stopped talking?"
I would think so but
Maybe no one listens anyway.
I struggle to find the words
And hand pick the chosen many,
I wrap them up with a neat little bow
But people tear them apart
like kids at Christmas,
Or dogs at a bone,
Grumpy when it isn't what they want.
I don't think anyone would care
If I just stopped talking
But my mouth always bubbles over
With words I wish to say
Like water on a stove.
I whisper at myself to "Shut Up!"
But I brush it off
Like the tears on my cheek.
Just. Listen.
There are so many things
I need to say.

-Cnwlry
Cole Apr 2022
The mirror lied.
So
I fogged the glass
and drew my story

-Cnwlry
Cole Mar 2022
Texas hates the trans kids
"So do I"
Says the man you claim
to be my better.

-Cnwlry
Cole Feb 2022
I'll paint my nails
Fix up my hair
Anything you say.
Get good grades
Wear high heels
You never listen anyway.
Who cares if I am strange?

They dare to call me names.
So I'll change my clothes
Cut my hair
Just exactly as I please.

You won't hear me anyway
Who cares if I change my name?
Who cares if I dare come out?
So what? So what?

I put make up on
And starve til I'm enough
Is this truly what you want?
Is this truly what you need?

A daughter who is prefect
A daughter just to see

Who cares what I say?
Who dares challenge me?
So what if I shut my eyes?
"Fix your hair"
"Do your nails"
Anything I should do.

I will not listen anymore
To what you have to say.
Maybe I'll change everything
Even change the game.
"Wear a smile and wait a while"
I won't follow you anymore.


-Cnwlry
Cole Feb 2022
Ocean depths
Like grass on trees
Could very well
Be the death of me.


-Cnwlry
Cole Dec 2021
It's not my body
But I have to tend to it's care.
I don't want it
But it's not going nowhere.
Changing gender each week
wasn't my choice to pick
But I've got to deal with it.


-Cnwlry
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