I, Girl

By vuItures

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i am my own god, my own spirit, my own prayer. -- a complete series of 44 poems concerning girlhood, dread, a... More

foreword
01 GOD, REVERSED (i.)
02 YOUR BODY READS LIKE A SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY
03 IMMORTAL
04 WRITTEN ON FLESH
05 BIBLE'S FIRST DRAFT
06 OUROBOROS
07 DOLL, I
08 DEFINE: IMMIGRANT
09 I'M NOT A POET (NATURALLY)
11 UNHOLY
12 MORTAL
13 FUCK ME DADDY
14 I BOUGHT GLOW-IN-THE-DARK STARS AT THE STORE
15 THE APOTHEOSIS OF CRIME
16 NOTE TO SELF
17 AN ORANGE BAG BESIDE ME
18 NON ECO-FRIENDLY
19 HERE'S THE WEATHER, JIMMY
20 FILIPINA SUN
21 FILIPINO MOON
22 GOD, REVERSED (ii.)
23 SEASONS
24 PROCESS
25 I WISH I COULD SAY I FELT BLUE
26 FUNNY THING / FUNNY BABY
27 OH!
28 ALIEN
29 MOONLIGHT BEGGAR
30 LAYER
31 WHERE I (WE) STAND
32 FRAGILITY: AN INTERLUDE
33 VOICEMAILS
34 I DON'T WANT TO PLAY GOD ANYMORE
35 NEIGHBOURHOOD
36 A CANNIBAL'S CANDLELIT DINNER
37 SELF-CORONATION
38 BLACK HEART
39 GHOST IMMIGRATION
40 THIS BITTER PARADISE
41 WRITE ME TO LOVE ME
42 LEGACY
43 AN ODE TO ICARUS
44 VULNERABILITY: AN EPILOGUE

10 A SELF REFLECTION

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By vuItures







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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