sometimes
i bump into the thought
that i don’t really care
about anything
not school
not being pretty
or healthy, or better.
when you wipe off
the good girl cosplay
the soft peach blush
and the freckles
and the lip gloss
the straight a’s
and the sweet potatoes
and the self-discipline
you will find a wild thing
dancing around
in her underwear
drinking iced coffee
for lunch and
doing nothing but
writing and reading
and abandoning any
semblance of sanity
completely consumed
by all the things
i shouldn’t be.
and when i have
destroyed everything
around me
with my negligence
and delusion
when the decent ones
have seen themselves out
when there is nothing
left inside of me
there will always be poetry.
Apr 28, 2019
Apr 28, 2019 at 2:48 PM UTC
sometimes
i bump into the thought
that i don’t really care
about anything
not school
not being pretty
or healthy, or better.
when you wipe off
the good girl cosplay
the soft peach blush
and the freckles
and the lip gloss
the straight a’s
and the sweet potatoes
and the self-discipline
you will find a wild thing
dancing around
in her underwear
drinking iced coffee
for lunch and
doing nothing but
writing and reading
and abandoning any
semblance of sanity
completely consumed
by all the things
i shouldn’t be.
and when i have
destroyed everything
around me
with my negligence
and delusion
when the decent ones
have seen themselves out
when there is nothing
left inside of me
there will always be poetry.
from my third collection of poetry, ALMOST HOME, out in October. pre-order now: http://madisen.co/almosthome
