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 Jun 20 Kalliope
Germaine
Skin
 Jun 20 Kalliope
Germaine
Tell me about your painting
how it adorns your skin,
call it art,
as your flesh rips apart,
the blood soon sinks in.

Tell me about the constellations,
about the ripples in the waves.
Let my finger trace your arms
gently,
guiding through the stars
as you turn your face away.

Let the night be one,
together we can be as dark as the setting sun.
Let me kiss my lips, to your scars
memories flow jaggedly, afar.
 Jun 20 Kalliope
OnLithium
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 Jun 20 Kalliope
OnLithium
83
Am I enough?
The anxiety crept in
Is this happiness?
The depression slept in
 Jun 20 Kalliope
OnLithium
84
 Jun 20 Kalliope
OnLithium
84
I always thought
It'd be fun
To survive in
A dystopian society
And then it
Hit me like
An Orwell book
To my head
We already are
Don't ask me how I am
Because the answer will be a lie
And I don't wanna lie to you
The little white lies we tell ourselves
Tell our friends
"I'm fine"
I'm so far from fine
Death feels peaceful at this stage
Dehydrated from crying
Red eyes
Do people notice?
Maybe they just think I'm high
"I'm fine"
I'm so ******* fine from fine
 Jun 20 Kalliope
Arpitha
White canvas
Black lines
No space for color

White is too bright
Black is not dark enough
Oscillate between the two
Less towards the light
And more towards the dark.
i imagined i
kissed the universe yes i
think it kissed me back
 Jun 20 Kalliope
Eden
No filter now, no softened glow
Just me, as I am, with room to grow
Each freckle, every mark, a trace
Of all the life within this face

The camera lens once smoothed the lines,
Erased the flaws, rewrote the signs,
But now I look and start to see
A deeper truth that sets me free

The curve of cheeks, the brows soft bend
No need for perfect shots to send
In every flaw there’s something real,
A strength in what I used to conceal.

I’m learning now to see with grace.
The beauty in my unfiltered face.
No need the hide, no fear to show
This is the me that I’ll let grow
 Jun 20 Kalliope
Eden
Awaking with a crushing weight deep within her chest,
She takes a step, eyelids brimming, fighting for a breath.

Glancing at the empty walls, taunting in their frame,
This unfamiliar place, not home, ignites a quiet flame.

Longing for the warmth of the place she called her own,
Knowing it’s forever gone, reminded she’s alone.

Her heart once bursting, full of laughter and of love,
Never questioning her worth, or if she was enough.

The halls of that home etched with memories galore:
The laughter, the scents, now locked behind a door.

The safety, the love, the comfort she had built,
Gone in a moment, like a radiant flower’s wilt.

Now torn away from the life she knew,
She stands alone with hollow walls,
Unsure if she’ll ever etch joy again through these halls
 Jun 20 Kalliope
Jay Jelly
Stingy echos
The stale air that
Fills my lungs
White noises
Silence is more then welcome
Falling on deaf ears
My howling horizons
Miles apart inside
Boxed in a compartment
Me myself
And I
Who have
I ever been deceived along thee way
Crumbling
Fields of elation
Receding daylight
Constantly over
Thinking day dreaming
Way out of my depths
You rained down
On my parade
From day one
Stripped the armor off
And left me for dead
My tsunami seas
Made me delusional
Navigating life
I couldn’t seem to read
My compass properly
The mirages that lied
That bathed my
Broken spirit in there sands
Like a mothers milk
How could I go without
You stole away my kingdom
And exiled my soul
Where would I be
If you hadn’t
Put me under your spell
The white picket fences
I’ve longed for
Instead replaced by prison bars
Of your imposter syndrome
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