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Damaris ZA Mar 2021
I am an over-ambitious achiever
Who holds the highest of high standards
Even though I come from a family
Who holds nothing to their name

When you look at me you see
unruly coarse hair
With rough skin
And a small body

What you don’t see
are the constant sleepless nights
And the long work hours
so that I may obtain
A normal life.

This work is important to me because
I don’t want others like me
To waste their lives
So that they may get
the same privileges
As their peers

Equity will begin with acknowledgment.
Damaris ZA Jun 2020
are you going to talk to me.
-until you have something to offer
when will i be enough
-once you get exciting.
why wont you leave me.
-because you wont let me
how do you get out of a toxic relationship?
Damaris ZA May 2019
i didnt see him
he was probably busy
i didnt hear from him
he was probably tired
i wasnt with him
he was probably with someone
else.
on May 11 2017. We started something that we could not keep.
Damaris ZA Mar 2019
I want to hold you in my arms
to shield you from the world
like holding a dandelion,
I want to make sure that the
wind
doesn't blow you away
but if I am a dandelion,
when are you going to
blow on me?
Damaris ZA Feb 2019
silently.
they fall.
without consent.
they fall.
showing,
weakness.
they fall.
i dont want to be serviced.. i want to be loved
Damaris ZA Dec 2018
and over all the hell he put me through
he's over it.
To be in someone's arms who doesn't care is better than,to die of isolation .
Damaris ZA Oct 2018
there's no time for love
and no room for consolation

but

there's time for disappointment  
and room for failure
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