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In a drunken haze i stumble through the meadow Toes entwine with milkweed and purple aster I fall Crawling through the tall grass Vision blind Dizzy Dazed My nail bitten fingers scratch at the dirt Tasting the soil Love me Love me Love me I whisper The birds rustle at the disturbance. Brilliant, white, beautiful. They become a frenzy of feathers in the sky. Blocking out the sun. taking all warmth. They swoop down. Wings, beaks, talons. They tear at my skin. Stealing its color. The breath of their wings have stirred up dandelion fluff Wishes dance in the air. I inhale the delicately decayed flowers. In a frantic attempt to lift me from me self hatred intoxication. Instead i choke. Wishes fill me up and I heave Retching out my insides. My esophagus, my appendix, my tonsils My trust, my love, my dreams. Everything the defines me I remove Becoming Nothing but a hollow skeleton of what was. I am left there shaking, raw, ashamed, scared.
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Aug 8, 2019
Aug 8, 2019 at 1:57 PM UTC
the breath of white wings
In a drunken haze i stumble through the meadow Toes entwine with milkweed and purple aster I fall Crawling through the tall grass Vision blind Dizzy Dazed My nail bitten fingers scratch at the dirt Tasting the soil Love me Love me Love me I whisper The birds rustle at the disturbance. Brilliant, white, beautiful. They become a frenzy of feathers in the sky. Blocking out the sun. taking all warmth. They swoop down. Wings, beaks, talons. They tear at my skin. Stealing its color. The breath of their wings have stirred up dandelion fluff Wishes dance in the air. I inhale the delicately decayed flowers. In a frantic attempt to lift me from me self hatred intoxication. Instead i choke. Wishes fill me up and I heave Retching out my insides. My esophagus, my appendix, my tonsils My trust, my love, my dreams. Everything the defines me I remove Becoming Nothing but a hollow skeleton of what was. I am left there shaking, raw, ashamed, scared.
#racism#nature#metaphor#acceptance
anonymous_narwhal
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anonymous_narwhal
Aug 8, 2019
Aug 8, 2019 at 1:57 PM UTC
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