honey, i'm healing | poetry a...

By theauthorthatcould

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"so, tear and be torn my darling, let the sun see your bones. i promise when you are done you will be anew an... More

dedication
epigraph
introduction
part one
i. a new dawn
ii. chaotic healing
iii. i'm fine
iv. the rot underneath
part two
v. peeling back the layers
vi. a moment of peace
vii. second degree burn
viii. sinner in grief
ix. how the ocean gave birth to me
x. on hands and knees
part three
xi. so, you want to talk about mental health
xii. lifeguard
xiii. overflowing
xiv. growing pains
xv. enigma
xvi. sadist
part four
xvii. forbidden tongue
xviii. my love is starving
xix. earthbound
xx. alone
xxii. stupid old love
part five
xxiii. a song to be sung
xxiv. the fallout
xxv. pyrrhic victory
xxvi. how many licks does it take?
xxvii. small talk
xxviii. sacrifice
xxix. mother god
xxx. easy words
part six
xxxi. skinny love is out of stock
xxxii. erised
xxxiii. noir
xxxiv. narcissus
xxxv. madness
part seven
xxxvi. semicolon
xxxvii. mother to my terrors
xxxviii. chosen one
xxxix. weight loss
xl. tough love
xli. elementary rhymes
xlii. rumpus
epilogue
dear reader
acknowledgements
about the author

xxi. a guide in love

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By theauthorthatcould

how do you navigate love and resentment?
how do you get through love and distrust?
having a want—a need—for another person
and not being able to take that last step off
the cliff. tell me wise child who speaks of
courage as if it were ripened strawberries
instead of the poisonous fruit i see.
how do you disassemble the fear tainting
the five senses one needs to survive?
the fear which plagues me with warnings
that i might not be caught if i jump.
how do you disassemble it
and settle it to the side?

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