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 May 2018
taylor kathleen
sometimes this mad world
leaves me lost in translation
blank pages of the heart
disconnection

do not construct my identity
with your own meaningless words
bending the criteria
i am unlimited

skeptic of purpose
assuming our own ideologies
are universal
that is dehumanizing

you cannot write my story.
 May 2018
X
I’ve been trying to remember how easy and simple it all was
I let what may come to come
Now i find myself trying to force so many things, so many emotions
If I’m honest with myself I’ve been trying to find another you
Another one i can share my stories, my laughs
Someone who can fill the loneliness i feel on nights like this
I get clingy
I get tired
And at the end of the day, feel more lonely
I want that hole in my chest to go away
To be able to make myself feel whole
I don’t know how foolish that is
Whether i should pretend to be happy and it will eventually come
Or force myself to find a person to grow inside the dusty place
Can i ever be the girl before you
Or is this pain supposed to make feel this insecure and heartbroken
People keep telling me it’ll make you stronger
But how long has it been?
I still feel so weak
Pleasure does reside within me
I hope someone finds a way to bring it out
 May 2018
Emma
This body will never be beautifully at rest

I will always have to **** in my stomach to appear graceful
I will always have to lift my chin to slim my jawline
I will always force my collarbones forward
I will always lift my elbows to keep my arms from splaying against my body
I will always push my hips back to have that coveted thigh gap
I will always wear heels to define my calves
I will always cover my skin in paint and color
I will always force my hair to lay sweetly covering parts of my face
I will always cover the scars I gave myself trying to be beautiful
I will always
I will always
I will always

I will never be at rest.
 May 2018
Isla
I'm still glowing
with the light
you instilled

a single flame in my heart
illuminating
the hollow that remains
where you used to be

wavering at times
but never ceasing
though the world threatens to ***** it out

and though you are gone
I still glow
for my grandma, who passed away when I was pretty young. Only now do I know the importance of what she was trying to teach me.
 May 2018
Laura
Quiet Easters awake the spirit
in a shiny April dusk.
Where you call him "Baby"
by Mum's purpled hydrangeas.

Crossing many desolate fields
in hopes of finding cheerful Forget-Me-Nots.
You have found sorrowful stories
of holy ghosts arising,
and then falling.

Spilling out
of passing spring dwellings,
with trees holding far too many rings.
Strong and sturdy,
yet knocked down for a pretty penny.

I wish we could be
milled, burnt, and wrote on.
Growing out of muds
like the words on this paper.

Like mother nature,
I've been fooled into thinking
I was more than I am.
But only until man makes me,
something I am not.
 May 2018
levi eden r
i love how ridiculous we are.
i love how when our eyes meet, it's not a staring contest but to see who'll pull away first.
the blush that grows on your cheeks is in clusters.
you let me hold your hand.
i love how ridiculous we are.
wine glasses filled with apple juice,
strawberries,
little sandwiches that i'll be too nervous to eat but i would for you.
i would eat for you.
i love how ridiculous we are.
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