*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…
Can I Be “Me” ?
I remember my grandmother watching my sister and I as we bathed. I remember the day that she saw that I was growing hair ‘down there’. She asked angrily since when they are there. I…
Respect Your fellow For Who He Is
There is space in my heart for transgenders Hippies and musicians Math geniuses And drug addicts But show me a regular man Born and bread Lubavitcher With born and bread ideas Of women at mic-drop…
Rape Or Death?
Rape or death What is worse? Attempts of one Shadows of another One by a father One by a father figure Which is worse Which more scary Which eats away at your soul more? Is…
His Wedding
Cover up the wounds that kill me Shoot me I’m bleeding I’m dead but you just cover up the words Because rape Has a terrible sound Go to the wedding of a man who hurt…
