Tag: acceptance

  • The Illusion of Fullness

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    I remember the day I embraced the thought of you. My eyes, full of hunger, Closed gently as my stomach swelled. I was made content, My cravings locked away And contained. I remember the day I relinquished the thought of you. The hunger never left, my appetite merely suppressed. What was my purpose? I turned…

  • A Runner’s High

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    A memory is burning And I allow it to become ash. The last vestiges of you, Whatever tethers you represented, Now being blown away into the dark, Into the corners of the unknown. My ball and chain unclasped itself from my ankle. I ran for what felt like the first time. The winter air, bony…

  • Do They Sell Skin Flakes For Garra Rufa?

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    When I reach the end, I hope by then, I’ve learned to shed my skin. Those dry remnants of myself that my soul clutches onto, In fear of what happens when I finally stop playing pretend And reveal myself for who I truly am. Will they quake and scream when they see at last How…

  • Brandish

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    To be silent is to deny yourself, To hold in tears is to abandon a child. My flaws are brandished proudly. The steel has been maintained And reforged, many times over. I hold out my blade before me, An issue of challenge, Before plunging it into my heart And through the suffering, I forgave myself.…

  • I will save the world!

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    I fell in love with the world As everything it reflects It all comes back to me; A collection of experiences, Sensory, cerebral, imaginary, All existing as a love letter Carefully inked with the purpose For me to understand I am the world itself And so, I must love myself. -k.r.r.

  • God Saved Me in Aisle 5

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    In the pursuit of hope, I found a mirror. I stared deeply at it until I was in it And once I was, I became overwhelmed As my fingers grazed my cheek And graced a gentleness I sorely yearned for. I cried as a child who lost their mother would In the disarray of a…