I've learned to sort my pain
into stanzas
containing all of the beauty I don't feel.
so I write the poetry I can't live
and live the poetry I can't write.
with each word i attempt
to romanticize
skinny thighs
a mothers lies
or a daughters cries
in hopes that one day I'll watch my memories
the way you read them.
Jun 23, 2016
Jun 23, 2016 at 2:55 AM UTC
I've learned to sort my pain
into stanzas
containing all of the beauty I don't feel.
so I write the poetry I can't live
and live the poetry I can't write.
with each word i attempt
to romanticize
skinny thighs
a mothers lies
or a daughters cries
in hopes that one day I'll watch my memories
the way you read them.
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