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?            you've changed               ?
           they say            
?                                                ­       ?
but they dont
question
?                        why                       ?
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change is normal, they say
as they belittle your struggles
seeing your world
with no eye contact.

walking in sync
across the
golden bridge.

knowing each other
with the lights
broken.

knowing the signal
when the volume
is switched off.

talking without speaking
a single sentence.

glancing to the left
when they look to the right.

their compliment,
their opposite.
For the gardener
Tends to his roses
He waters them
At the day's dawn
They budded
Beneath his fingers
But only bloomed
At the touch of the fawn
It's not intentional, and I know they never mean to make me feel unwanted
But insecurities and lack of self worth does things
I HATE BEING UNDERESTIMATED.
ESPECIALLY BY MEN.

IF IM A WOMAN,
DOESN'T MEAN I CANT LEAD,
DOESN'T MEAN I CANT DO STUFF YOU GUYS CAN.

STOP UNDERESTIMATING US GIRLS.
SOME OF US ARE FCKIN TIRED OF IT.
might delete later.
Why would you lie to me,
Knowing i would believe?
You told me you would stay
While i saw you leave,

I wish i knew what went through your head,
When you said you wished one day you'd see me dead,
That one day i'd stop breathing,

But still, i kept believing
That one day you would come back,
That the lock on your heart
Would finally crack

And eventually break,
That i'll hear you say it was all fake,
But when that happens, i'll already be dead,
You said that you would love me,
I died a failure instead.
dawg idk this feels like something i would say to my mom lol. also, sorry for the bad quality, i dont really have any inspiration lately
I write on paper,
A lot more,
Since the last six months,
It feels better,
Than staring down a screen,
Where I tie my artistry,
To the last echoing words,

I wish I let them pull me out,
Of all this,
Much sooner.
My cousin gifted me a book of writing prompts I love, those plus a new notebook have been filling my writing fix.
my body is cold
cubes of ice
replace the discs in my back
my stomach has cracks
i have frozen over and spilled
my guts
i inhale
lungs burn, frostbitten
i long to burn
from the warmth of another
 Aug 1 Khadi Alza
Foogle
colours around me
fish me up to the light
when i clawed myself
down this deep hole

i feel the sun
i feel the “after you”
i taste the glory
everything
i missed out on

i brea
th
i
brea
l
th

in and out

take my breath that you stole from my lungs
put it back in my rotting stomach
swallowing hard
you sleep
in a nightmare
piled in the
trash out the back

i keep stepping
in the place with no bridge
head up high up so tall
there’s nothing to see beneath

you become tv static
a pedestrian
at the streetlights
a name
recycled
Every July 31st is cold and rainy,
Since 2025.
Every July 31st,
At 2:30 on the dot,
I get a new flannel.
It’s been that way,
Since 2015.
Every July 31st,
Has left me waiting for a change in tomorrow,
Left me wanting to live on,
For an unpredictable August 1st.
For those who resent a rainy rainy day.
A broken heart is–

a poet's greatest treasure.
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