it's so frustrating / i want to remove it / the garbage / the venom / the poison running through my veins / i want to puke it out / cut and cut and cut down my wrists until it's gone / and with it the essence of my soul / but i can't / 'cause it's somehow worse / trying to remove the garbage / because trying to remove something / is acknowledging / the fact that / there is something / to remove / in the first place / and i never liked / confrontation
A SELF REFLECTION
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I, Girl
Poetryi am my own god, my own spirit, my own prayer. -- a complete series of 44 poems concerning girlhood, dread, and catholic guilt.
