what if
all this time
we were wrong about the concept of sin?
what if
there are only good people
bad people
and a lot of in-between people?
and what if
most people can’t tell the type they are?
there’s no use in labeling everything inaccurately
live life
as it is natural to you
I think I’m so angry now
because I used to not understand the sin of wrath
I thought god was the only exception
like only his anger could be justified
and now that I know better
I have a lot of anger to feel
to make up for many numb and submissive years
if you’re a woman who says it’s easier
to have daughters than sons
let me ask you something
is it easier to teach a woman how not to be raped
than to teach a man
how to not rape?
I suppose the most difficult medicine to swallow
is one’s own pride
and it doesn’t help
if the rest of the world won’t help you
and either way
the loss of innocence is difficult to grieve
but one of those situations
only acknowledges one’s loss of innocence
some mothers care more about their own healing
than the healing of their daughters
but in the end it feels like there’s nothing to fix
if you can’t see what’s broken
if you’re a woman who says it’s easier
to have daughters than sons
I hate you
but probably not as much as you hate yourself
when I leave the question mark off of my question
it’s more of a statement
like
I’m telling you to answer my question
because I really need to know the answer
is that aggressive?
I guess I don’t care
make it stop
make it stop
make it stop
the pills worked just long enough
to give me hope
to make me forget what it felt like
to feel the way I’ve always felt
and now I feel it like it’s the first time
so fresh
so rotten
because it’s back after being years
and moldy years of all I’ve known
but I know better now
and I want it to stop
sometimes I rewrite things to feel better
make lists
order them
rearrange them
cross things off to document my small success
the laundry is finally done
hooray
it’s like
I need to see it to believe it
to stop thinking about it
but half the time it doesn’t even work
blessed are those who believe without seeing
for they actually believe there’s a kingdom
and that must be nice
if you’re a look into my future
then I don’t know what to think
it doesn’t necessarily get better
because nothing goes away
but you seem to cope better
or present better
I don’t know
what could I know?
I’m not you
it doesn’t matter how alike we are
I might not even make it to your age
a higher dosage
you say?
well maybe
why not?
can’t say I’ve tried everything
until I’ve done it all
I’m so tired of trying
it’s exhausting
all the thoughts running in my head
on a loop
never ending
never running out
like poisoned fish and loaves
I’m always hungry
and overfed
and tired
so tired
haven’t I already made that point?
stop me
stop life
I’m afraid to die
afraid if there’s nothing
more afraid if there’s only pain
never ending
on a loop
but how would that be different?
exactly
we all make our own hell on earth