Dominique

Oct 2018

q

after her i thought
maybe i am
a “real” lesbian
because when i was searching
for someone new
i kept finding myself
wanting to be
in a girls arms
but that is not because
i am a lesbian
it is because
through all of my searching
i still think
i was looking for her
so when i ended up
with a boys hand
tangled in mine
his lips pressed gently
and then not so gently
against mine
i knew that
i had been looking
for her
but now
i am just looking
for me

Sep 2018

Emma Q

Me

I am fire in a lake
I am ice in the sun
I am everything
And nothing
All at once.
I am nothing more than
A girl in the crowd
Nothing more than
A bag of skin,
Blood
And bones
Beneath the clouds.
I live several versions of myself
I am a friend
A sister
A daughter
I am me.

#me

Sep 2018

Barker

Untitled

I want you to know.
That even in this challenging time,
I still love you.
With all my broken, shattered and torn apart heart.

(c)ibarker

Sep 2018

fearfulpoet

objects in the distance may be closer than they appear

objects in the distance may be closer than they appear

how many thousands of times
these words mirrored blankly upon my eyes

only today did I-read them accurate

from the nowhere from a great void
someone stepped and lifted me from a
rubbled prone
where there were no options
asking for nothing
over and over I beseeching

now I see
in the mirror
those words

I see only them
in the heart human
the object so close
it writ upon my face
proudly

#objects #fearful #distance #may #be #closer #than #they #appear

Sep 2018

Esther

I want you to know

just in case
you’re in a dark place
and can’t seem
to find a light switch
or matches even
I want you to know
you are loved
maybe not by yourself
yet
but you are
even though it sounds
like a fairytale for now
at some point
you’ll find the light switch
or the matches
and you’ll be able to see
that the fairytale
came true
and you’re the one
that made it happen

#selflove #fairytale #light