Poem | be afraid

afraid of giving up my youthif it means turning that part ofmy life into solitary memoriesdigging my nails deeper andclinging on to what was so iwon’t have to be someone else no longer ignoring my youthful scarsi ought to stop carving fresh ones so I’m learning slowly stopping to scratchthe skin of my inner childattempts … More Poem | be afraid

Poem | sunlit mind

sometimespretty isn’t perfectbeauty isn’t kindmalice be bloomingcovering corners ofa sunlit mind yet mostlyperfect need not be prettynor should kindness be a beauin darkness the world restsso in daylight we cangrow

Poem | seeds planted

roots crawling secretlyaround under my skullseeds planted long sincefind the places my darkimaginings fail to reachand when i least suspectgrow flowers where i thoughtinfinite desolation reignedmajestic sceptres powerlessas heartbeats overcomemy own destructive mind