Hashem, Can we get coffee We need to talk Forgiving You Is a strange endeavor It’s saying to You The hurt You gave me Is okay It’s saying to Him I trust that I had…
Don’t Hurt Me Please
So i have to post anonymously because of what i do but i’d really like to post with my name. Just putting that right out there now. So many things that i cant say about…
Dear, Narcissist Mother
You held me in your womb for 9 months, a sustained place of hell and trauma. You wrapped the umbilical cord around my throat thinking i wouldn’t make it inside, trying to choke the the…
Three Short Words
Three short words Short, but sacred Take away but a one lettered word And they lose their gravity. How good it felt To hear them finally said To me Not by someone Who is obligated…
What Do You Think You’re Looking For?
When I was 19, on a sticky June day, I sat on a Brooklyn subway platform with tears rolling down my cheeks. I tried to remain unnoticed, to cry in public certainly wasn’t proper. A…
Meira Kuperstein
*please note all names have been changed* Meet Meira Kuperstein, so full of light Who, it’s sad to say, wasn’t treated right The details themselves don’t really matter But her world around her started to…
When A Nightmare Is A Memory
When nightmares are memories Waking up is as painful as the nightmare. The smell of blood that awoke me from my sleep Is the smell of my broken heart bleeding from my chest. I wake…
Costumes (Poem)
When I was little Barely babbling At an age before I could possibly have A care in the world My parents said we went To Prince Edward Island On a family trip To see Anne…
That Five Letter Word
Breathe it in Breathe it out That lifeforce of yours That deathforce of yours That five letter word That drowns out your eyeballs Your essence Shudders away Pupils do that dart stare slump As they…