it’s always like 3am
when my mind won’t shut off
and my heart is threatening chronic pains again
lately when i seek that conversation
not how i was taught and i feel bad
hi god, it’s me again with all my anxieties
hey god it’s me always with the same old bullshit script
i’m sorry i know people often only pray when they want things
i swear i’m trying, you know that right? i’m trying to handle it all myself
and i really am so fucking thankful for everything, always
is it silly?
it’s always the same words
maybe the apologies, the gratitude balances it out
and hey god i really just fucking want it all to get better
can you help me just an little bit more?
and hey i miss you
this mortal life fucking sucks
my body wants to eat itself alive
with an brain that’s cheering it on as it whimpers in fear
it’s all been so much, you know that
i’m pretty sure you get why my scripted prayers are what they are
why it’s always after every single long day or not for several of them
it isn’t how they taught me
i think maybe you like the gibberish at the end better
all so much more personable even if it seems the same old nonsense
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idle till the water boils
pouring in the pasta
you never liked whole wheat
even just last week it was met with nose wrinkling
and what does this mean
feet on the hard floor
thinking about the state of this spinning rock
about the pain in your chest, you can’t afford medical care for
you’ve buried somebody chronically ill
and you don’t want to be the next to go
used to dream about it
and now you wish you could rewind
savor when your body wasn’t trying to eat itself whole
starving, hurts far more than apathetic lack of appetite
when you’re too poor, you’ve always been but it just worsens
as your heart falters
your ribs try to collapse
nervous system burning your muscles alive
how do you break the news-
that you’re the next in line
get them to let you go
they can’t afford it, you can’t afford it
not knowing the specifics is all that keeps you going
stifled coughs that might be an rib to the heart sack
you’ve seen the tears they shed for one who kept defying death
clutching so tightly; it had to have been agony for them
for the body now buried
i refuse to torture myself, torture you as my body fails itself
stirring the pasta
how do i begin to tell them
in an way they might understand
let your broken loved one go
it’s long overdo and i offer nothing but suffering for all
eating the pasta like it might heal me
or pacify the pains
whole wheat pasta won’t cure my head, or body
supplements, vitamins wont make up for years of agony
or the starvation i can’t decipher the cause of
drinking caffeine despite the murmurs of my heart
to feel an little happiness, be an little awake and alert
if only i could hug 12 year old me
tell him to take better care, fight harder
take advantage of the barely there healthcare while able
most of all to hug him
this is all scarier than what i became comfortable with
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rolling the dice
giving death the middle finger
forcing oxygen into my damned lungs
young child, sickly asthmatic thing
developed allergy
to a frequent, favorite food
nearly lost my life that night
push pop treat from the er doc
and i’m a cheater
when my head was held under that water
managing to escape that grasp
or when i sunk in the water that other day
indescribable fear, peace..
death didn’t get me then either
i didn’t tumble down that mountain
caught myself last second
avoid the bushes that could kill me
now he doesn’t answer my calls so promptly
and sometimes it hurts the most
he tried to steal me away once
random dizziness unlike any other
almost bashed my head into the counter
gritted my teeth and said no thanks
wasn’t the first attempt, nor the last
different flavors
other times he just leaves me on read
he takes away my loved ones
yet never granted my wish
strange partnerships with death
maybe-
sometimes I think I’m the good old reaper myself
thus why it all is a big mess
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oh carry the burden
you shouldn’t have to
protect them in ways you weren’t
only for you to lose them anyways
it’s the cost of being older
you were only ever meant to lose
watch them intertwine with your abusers
fall prey to terrible influences
while pointing it out would only risk further damages
carry the burden
protection, self hatred, and shame
self preservation
did you do right by them
did they mean their harsh words
would it have been better to not bother at all
it never even crossed your mind
carry the burden
protect them
sacrifice, forgive
bite your tongue bloody
weep for them
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Can you play with my hair?
Fingers carding through it
Ever so lightly, as I curl up to you
And can you ask permission first-
Even though you don’t need it
And can you stay over tonight
Not for carnal desires
My desires aren’t of that nature
We can tangle up underneath the covers
Intertwined legs, my head on your chest
Do you think you could love me?
In your own way
Even though I’m fucking hard to love
We can watch movies on the couch
Holding hands, warm inside an blanket
And can we have dinner tomorrow
We could tackle it together
Dance to music in the kitchen
It’s quite reasonable
Laughter, kisses
Many voices calling this love filthy
Oh so many reasons we could shatter
Yet I love you
So let’s put on our suits, slow dancing
In the living room with lights reflecting
In the glow of our loving gazes
Pupils dilated out of adoration
No cares in the world
It’s worth the hardships, my dear
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singing praises of it gets better
they never warned me
what happens if it grew with you
with me since the womb
it nearly took my life so many times
there never was a me
without It
the parasites kept me alive
rotting away my insides
well what now?
you can’t slay the dragon
without killing the person
and I can’t heal or work it out
without physical repercussions
so it’s an standoff
twirling the sword in my hand
every slice, is an stab to the gut
it gets better but its eating my insides
perpetual panic attack
it’s going to eat my heart sack rotten
and how my bones do crumble
as i fail to even get one hour reprieve at night
too busy clutching at my skin
begging to go backwards
repressing, it kept the decay at bay
the human body is intriguing
minds are so fascinating
nobody warned me
aside losing myself, in the name of betterment
that i might just finally meet the reaper
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best by dates
featherless, full can in hand
consumed by inner turmoil
bare feet on kitchen tile
yet it has slipped away, white noise
thoughts of stupid human shit
waste
absurd etched scars
of all the lies
why are we this way
is it really even your life to live?
one accident could end it
and others can debate pulling the plug
keep you selfishly alive, despite organ failure
the thought makes me tremble
or that to barely scrape by-
costs more than is possible
healthcare, or bills
box of pasta/can of sauce
or toothpaste
you can’t afford any of it
even if you worked twenty jobs
when am i allowed to pull the plug?
i don’t want to be dead, not really
don’t qualify for the circus of governmental bs
can’t earn a single cent
best by dates
my expiration is long past
years of mental illness, poverty
this body is crumbling in
prolonged agony
heart in constant pain
nothing fixes it
22 years at risk of heart failure
from 22 far too long years
on this rock hurtling through space
this suffering is cruel, naught for any purpose
yet it’d be oh such an waste in other eyes
best by dates, stupid can in my hand abandoned
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cotton candy memories
whispy, fluff
quickly dissolved
leaving you wondering if it ever was substance at all
these cotton candy memories
are a costly price to call a life
nobody seems to understand
being so scared, so young
lost face, names, and places
that might never surface again
mementos of blurry once important somebody’s
tears streaming down in frustration
remembering some image but nothing else
clinging to even the most ordinary moments
please don’t let me forget this
please stay with me
fuck
and you cling to others
in a way they’ll never grasp
only to be forever left behind
without even a goodbye
leaving you to question if they ever really existed
anything of any substance
when people burn things in the name of healing
you can’t picture yourself doing so
it had appeal but you could never
rediscovery is blessing, a curse
memories resurfacing to rejoice in
even the horrific ones
a fight with an old friend
seeing that face in your mind again
or where you got that random keychain
that you chew on sometimes
field of flowers where you felt calm for hours
out of nowhere because of grocery store flowers
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it comes to you so naturally
every i love you, all the time with meaning
yet those words are like weights in my throat
and writing or typing is easier than speaking it
but i never think to say it
i love you, i love you, fuck i love you
trying to teach myself to scream my love from rooftops
that i appreciate those in my life
yet every person leaves
so i’ll bite my mouth bloody
chew on my fingers
instead of admit... caring
trying to teach myself genuine, frequent usage
yet when i try to let you know
you’re already leaving my life
radio silence and brutal static
i love you
i really fucking love you
it’s too late, why do i bother
how can i be so damn stupid
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the devil’s the first
to get cast aside by family
kicked to the curb
and honestly nobody really knows why
maybe he was jealous of Eve
of both Eve and Adam’s relationship
perhaps it was an mess of good intention
yet when i saw i sympathize
don’t demonize who i am
for seeing the humanity
recognizing the patterns of life
the devil is wanting to be loved
to be bastardized by your own flesh and blood
for things out of your control
or daring not be as expected
it’s a title, demonization thrust upon you by others
other use aside of using it to minimize actions or deflect blame
he dyes his light hair dark
chopping it haphazardly
telling the mirror
“fine i’m an fuck up”
trying to reclaim his body, his life
rolling his eyes at all the bullshit
and can’t run away from who he was
what everybody assumes
the devil holds open doors
but damn right he’ll flip an bigot off
not because he’s evil incarnate
but because he’s only really just human
an lost soul, traumatized and abandoned
he’s not whispering in my ears
telling me to be trans, or kiss boys
there is only silence, myself and my own actions
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i want to be pretty
but undeniably as a man
in my non standard and messy eyeliner
with my messy short colorful hair
i want to be handsome
even if i accent black with lilac
kick ass motherfucker
in my boots, my ear cuffs
cool earrings in those too young, pierced ears
i want to be pretty
wearing a really cool skirt
among the chains, rings
dark colors contrasted with brighter ones
pretty boy in the badass way
not in the i associate this with your shitty biology way
escaped the shitty standards and self hatred pretty boy
i want to be myself
have fun when i want to
without cursing my existence
make this body home
hormones, surgery, therapy
then i’ll be the most badass fucking pretty boy ever
whenever i feel like it
i can be pretty
and i can be handsome
what i’m seeking is Freedom
to come across as Human
as Myself
whatever silly style choices i make
really sucks it’ll have taken ages
yet i’ll get there just you watch
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when you’re upset
i’m always the target
of all your emotions, all the time
years of sacrificing for you
biting my tongue
all these years
your mental health
is more important than mine
and you enjoy tormenting me
it’s no secret
nothing is enough
it’s like i wasted it all away
yet i swallow the words
despite being below rock bottom
physical health complications...
removed from the situation
is when my nose begins to bleed
as every part of me is worn out
despite being threadbare
love it’s killing me, it won’t let me leave
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betrayal incarnate
wrong puberty
damaging my ribs
my lungs
causing blood to spill monthly
frail body since childhood
living inside a frame that isn’t mine
biggest stab in the back
from what’s meant to protect me most
right now it’s like i’m dying
and i don’t think it’s purely physical and or
anymore
stress, anxiety of it makes it worst
god i want ignorance
healthcare costs too fucking much
can’t heal the body if you can’t treat the mind
you can’t treat the mind, without major physical tactics
weak lungs throttle my oxygen
as well the weight that doesn’t belong on my ribs
paired with a fine aged childhood mental illness
stress that probably has become parasitical
long ago i stopped wanting to die
but it sure seems like i’m doomed
betrayal incarnate
look up the symptoms
another doom scrolling
really though i just want to not know
if this judas is going to keep trying
can it just be peaceful, painless
a sugar sweet ignorance till demise happens
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it’s a really annoying comedy
the play is my outrageous life
constantly finding new lows
while i’m begging for release
my eyes dry
until they pour out
while i’m laughing
hysterical, shattered to pieces too many times
laughter
screaming into a bundled up blanket
to muffle in an building where sound carries
then the cause for the final ripped stitch
gets spoiled for having 1 emotional outburst
an absurd sharpie etched turn of the page
i couldn’t make up, wouldn’t make up in my wildest dreams
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been a while since i’ve talked about like Religion here (tbh i rarely use this for my vent poetry cuz logging in etc takes energy and i have negative levels of it) but...
i’m getting really annoyed with like- the sudden Kind Acts, i never was active in the ward (only ever went to things etc because I was Forced or guilted into it) so obviously even when I was at things, I kept to myself and soaked in my mental health issues etc wasn’t “present” or trying to form connections as the person I couldn’t pretend to be...
maybe last went to literally anything way back in 2018 and blissfully for the past few years thought “Oh hey maybe I didn’t leave an impression and won’t be hassled by people I have no interest in” ..... Except then I get a nice little cutesy, girly notebook/message from relief society for my birthday this summer like- it was Jarring
like i appreciate it being an Kind Act, but obviously that was rife with a heavy dose of misgendering/my stupid deadname plus so out of nowhere.... it reminded me of good traumatizing memories etc... so for example this recent case of getting an nice little note from some member of the ward was sweet but has me wanting to move even more than i need to.
it was addressed to my deadname, a possibly very nice woman like ‘hi i’m your ministering sister i live nearby, here’s my address and phone number if you need anything’ and i’m just like.... that’s Never going to happen because i have severe anxiety, i’m not that name and literally haven’t kept up to date with anything churchy in ages for many reasons (religious but in a weird limbo status lmao)
....
all this to say, i don’t want to but at this point would it just be easiest to sit down with whoever- whatever stranger is the bishop and be like “Hi yes, please remove me from lists? or whatever because I have never really been active in this ward nor will I be.” I associate the ward with trauma, any impressions are false ones because I wasn’t exactly allowed to be myself....there is no way i’m going to be active in a space i don’t belong in; and it’ll always probably hurt to not quite “belong” in where I’d want to be....
overall it’s just like i’d like the sudden spontaneous doses of sharp pains, in the wrong name and it all to stop- i don’t know why it started up but i am so over it. that building carries trauma memories, the ward and I never intend to participate or attend anything (hell i am so past the need and desire to move away in general/actually live as Me) besides they shouldn’t really even think to bother either/it just is a waste of their time and like shoving glass into my palms for me.
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how many years-
just how many years agony
until i get some fresher oxygen?
there is always a newer misery
my body is crumbling
from the weight inside my head
high stress levels, anxiety
depression
since childhood is starting to do me in
my suicide attempts hurt far less
than my own body screaming
begging for relief unattainable
you can’t just cure this type of shit
prescription meds, therapy
would sure help
but obtaining that is hard
plus i’m still stuck
in circumstances that cause those ripples
wish my tears could fall into that puddle
how many years
i can’t keep on like this
but maybe it’s my purpose
entertainment for the universe
to watch, laugh, cry over
maybe i was only born to suffer
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barely grazing lips
pecking all over my face
except for my lips
as you grin, alight with mischief
i stifle my giggles, roll my eyes
let me play with your hands
during our late night binge watches
your eyes shining with adoration
this love will last past forever
even if you fall out of love with me
two days without sleep
relaxing on the couch
i will finally know peace
when my eyes close
at your hands in my hair
dancing in the kitchen
hand wrapped around my energy drink
you’ll lean quietly watching
eyes shining with adoration
who cares i can’t actually dance
long days where i steal your hoodie
when you get home
and your favorite treats on standby
my lips lovingly kissing a path
until i reach your lips
for all my cons
could be a really great boyfriend
and we’ll be real about everything
we’d be really really great together
shamelessly unconditional love
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