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I suppose I'd say:

I hold my anxiety
in the space between my finger joints
as they twitch,
my ire in my teeth and jaws
as the shining pearls rooted in my soft gums
are ground to bitter enamel
(never my knuckles,
I've always been too soft for that).
My sadness must sit under my eyes
and behind shoulders
as they slump down
to hold me on cold nights-

But love?

I might say in my cheeks
when they hurt from smiling too much,
or the spasm of my hands
as euphoria engulfs me,
or in the giddy knots formed in my stomach.

But no;

I think I hold my love
in the cartilage
holding my ribcage together,
how it aches as if something is missing
(although nothing ever is)
Antonia 5d
I find it funny how I got here.

By here I mean this life, this body and got stuck with these thoughts and feelings, which are many times so unfamiliar to me that I start to wonder, are they even mine? who gave them to me? are they gifted, bought, borrowed? can I return them? can I exchange them?

What about the color of my eyes or the sound of my voice? my thirst for knowledge or the drive to fight injustice? can I love less? care less? can I become someone else?

what if I took someone else place, what if there is someone out there who could have done a better job at being me than I am? shouldn't they get a chance?
her style is cold figure
kisses that are a heat seeker –
we lock eyes and I’m so eager
     our passion is equal, though I’m

divided

between which parts of her I love the most
"your soul is what holds it all"
in every action she does; smell, taste, sight,
sound or touch –
                   I hear her soul’s call.
Am I too much?
Hard to swallow, a bitter pill?
Am I raw and unprocessed,
Undiluted, concentrated,
Too spicy for your stomach?

Good.

Choke on it.

I won’t cut myself
To bite-size pieces.
I am not a convenient product.

My feathers are not plucked,
My hair is unshorn,
My feet are unshod,
And the muscle of my thigh
Is for kicking, not meat.

Do you not like the taste?
Poor spoiled glutton,
You cannot acquire it.

Find your refined sugar elsewhere –
I do not come pre-packaged.
Got a bit *******
Zywa Jan 6
Other people are

good-looking, me too, sometimes --


In a small photo.
Poem "Geen succes blues" ("No success blues", 2017, Delphine Lecompte)

Collection "Appearances"
aleks Jan 6
i relate in body parts,
because my words fall short of hearts.

i relate, in knowing we both have twelve pairs of ribs,
the same way you and i have the curve to our hips.

i relate, in knowing your ulna runs down my radius,
the same way my thumb runs down your humerus.

i relate, in knowing how our teeth align,
the same way you compliment my design.

so i nest my mandibula,
in the crevice of your scapula,
set my rhythm to the countdown of your vertebra.

i relate, in knowing a pair of lips doesn't make two,
not unless they meet as me and you.
of closeness spoken through body parts, translated through touch.
Tye Dec 2024
What am I but a soul,
Imprisoned by a shell of flesh,
With organs feasting on my fluids,
Operated solely by a wrinkled beast
At the top of the meat tower.

Have I a choice? Or am I bound
To this wrinkled beast’s desire,
Praying for the day that
The light will come calling
And the beast will die.
dead poet Dec 2024
mind commits a crime:
renders the body unsafe;
the soul bears witness.
fermented ideas Dec 2024
I don’t mean to undermine your confusion
I don’t know how it feels like when your body is not your body
Every morning when you wake up
Do you feel something is lost or mismatched?
Do you walk towards the mirror and scream in anguish?
“Something is lost, but it was never there in the first place!”
Do you tell people “this is me, but it isn’t me”
You walk through every aisle, looking for an item that fits you
But how do you know what fits, when you have no idea of you
I so want to understand
I want to ask you abcde but worried you might see it as wxyz
I am ill for the third time this month
Not sure if its caused by the heat or the curiosities
for those who feel confused
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