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A Vessel

By Sara Published about a year ago 1 min read
Body
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My world is limbs

Because mine were never good enough for you

So maybe if I spend all my time

Running

Lifting

Puking

Starving

You will love me more.

My home has become my prison

My mind a dungeon

Reminding me

That I will never be the type of girl

You would want to take home.

I look in the mirror

And I want to shed my burning skin

I want to drive my fist in my reflection

And let my knuckles bleed from the shattered glass.

I am guilty of the thing I hate you for most

Objectifying me.

I want to yell at you

That I am more than just my parts

That in my heart there is a Pandora’s box of things

And my mind thinks of ideas

And my body is just a vessel

That you once filled with your poison

But I remain silent

Stick my fingers down my throat

And pray that one day I can love me

Even though you didn’t.

love poems

About the Creator

Sara

Don’t look for love.

Be love.

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