impenetrable skin words cannot get in gridlock teeth and hot streams of acid down your cheeks impossible girl with armor for skin don't swallow your words but don't let them in don't let others in unless you want to feel unless you want to hurt unless you want to grow
They say to write what you know, so I can't write it unless I've felt it or done it. Do you see my poetry getting happier? You're the poet of my life. Write my story in your blood and I'll write yours in mine.
Your brain and heart are organs. They can be sick just like any other part of you.
I can't tell if my chest pain is
an anxiety attack or a heart attack.
What's the difference between
an anxiety attack and a panic attack,
anyway?
delusions
delusions
are all I think
when I close my eyes
zig zag
zig zag
prick my heart with a needle
so it can pop already
kabloom
when you're a kid you don't mind if the colors don't match a quilted blanket of mix-matched squares is as beautiful as Egyptian silk so long as it's soft
snap a rubberband on my wrist and shove an ice cube down my throat sensory overload whatever distracts
sometimes I want to pop my brain like it's a pimple wish I could get over this like a phase of puberty my depression is more like adult acne that I've had since infancy maybe the peroxide goes in the mouth not in the skin is what I would say
you're the girl covered in words I mean scars I mean hearts What are you so afraid of? What are you so angry for? So mad about? don't pout be brave don't shave unless you want to slip into old habits slit a bit of time off and steal away a few pieces of your mind
fanned pages blister wrinkle water burned born from my soul blister black fickle purple pain fire throat fire throat
How can you ask for help from behind a door you locked?
Fudge It! 