6 years.... You still strike fear into me so deeply that I want to run and keep running. The distance between us is not enough.... You are the reason I'm afraid to come home. The thief, the conqueror, the beguiling tormentor that you were towards un-innocence and I turn to the reality I have now … Continue reading Rationality
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Wires
I feel the weight of the battery pack digging into my neck, as it hangs over my heart. I feel the wires tangling around my breasts. The pull of the adhesive on my skin leaves behind dark rings and reddened agitation. The pack sometimes vibrates, bringing my attention to the weight at my hip, and … Continue reading Wires
Slipping
Hold back, hold on, letting go is too easy there is a catch, there has to be, something, something give it meaning, tell me what is needed to be heard, before it slips through the thin grasp I have. Let go they say, let it be free, but there is a catch, always a catch … Continue reading Slipping
Tempering
Tell me before the voices win this battle you tell me I'm better than. Tell me before I decide it is time to let go because I want to, need to, sometimes. Sometimes I need to let it all go and lose it all because I want to. I want to so badly it hurts. … Continue reading Tempering
Faith Taryn Davies 