Ray - Hello Poetry

Ray Mar 2021

Lost

I open my legs, yearning for something that isn't there and I tell myself it's disgusting, my own body doesn't feel like home
What hangs from my chest feels like foreign objects that were sewn on forcefully
My mother mapped out my future already but I feel so lost
I refrain from touching myself and repeat it's disgusting
How does one even begin to love someone else when their own body looks unrecognizable in the mirror?

Ray Feb 2021

Achtung

Everything was fine until you turned me into that rabid dog that lives inside your heart
Now my barking scares everyone away

Ray Nov 2020

Untitled

The young boy cried but those tears belonged to an older man
His hands trembled and were as delicate as an old leaf still hanging onto a tree branch
When I touched him his body tensed, like a snake getting ready to strike
If it were possible, surely claws would have replaced his fingernails
As he walked his body was hunched over even though somewhere in him was a young boy full of life
I wonder that if I had met him earlier would he still be the same person he is now?

Ray Nov 2020

Untitled

I used to think you were a sheep in wolves clothing
I dove in so deep for you but you pushed me away as you sunk deeper into your empty promises
You flipped me upside down but I can see clearer from here that you're not who I thought you were

Ray Sep 2020

Untitled

I remember it clearly as if it just happened yesterday, you were always looking ahead and never looking back
I can still hear your voice, it was always so sweet and it made me sick

Ray Aug 2020

Untitled

I am from the salt water and seaweed
the tide keeps pulling me back no matter how hard I try
My body is ****** and bruised but I keep dragging myself away
All I want is the warmth of another person's embrace
as the cold water reaches for me
An albatross tears into my skin as it's baleful eyes meet mine

Ray Aug 2020

Untitled

We got along so well, laughing with each other and at each other
We changed but I also thought we’d stick together, side by side always
Now when I look back do I only realize how naïve I was
I wish I could be happy and blessed with ignorance once again someday