Untitled (I've never given names to my poems)
Posted before, but became overly anxious about it and deleted. I hope my 2 feedback links are still usable.
i'll write you name on my skin to forget how you hurt,
the hurt that no one else can see.
if i place you on my sleeve, maybe i'll be reminded that you aren't around,
that your malice no longer lingers.
lingers like humidity on a rainy day,
choking me with breaths too intense for me to take.
yet i'll still hold my breath when you beckon me close,
it's hard for me to forget what was done, said.
your name etched on me like a brand for cattle.
i will own it though it is not mine.
i will carry it even when it begins to drown me.
i have no choice in what remains,
so i will use it as a symbol of confidence, of a reminder of where i've been.
your name as a mantra for change,
though it wishes to hold me down.
i will swim to the surface regardless of your anchor.
i will love myself though you never did.
a word for hate that translates to love.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/97tsqm/a_view/e4c7by8/?context=3
Posted Aug 25, 2018, 12:38 AM UTC