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trigger
I sometimes loose control of my body My hands smack into my head repeatedly My eyes water with no end My heart rushes and bangs through my chest This can be caused when I have strong feelings that my brain can’t process. I wanted to sleep for hours and I couldn’t I wanted to feel…
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A woman
I’m a broken woman Contradictory Strong yet broken So much to give but not able to My mouth is shut by my own hands I was never pinned down But always told not to speak up To sit straight, with my legs crossed Because who knows who would peer up
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Lifeless
I wasn’t ready for you Like a bird that can’t yet fly How could I teach you to Lifeless Drained of all my strength Drained of life Lifeless Is how I was left But I’m back And I’m teaching myself how to fly So one day you will too And I’ll be soaring through the…
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WHO?
I dont believe anyone ever knows who they areBut yet everyone around me feel so set in stoneLike their quirks and habits will never changeEven if they do, they themselves stay the same.So why do I, does me, feel so uncertain?Like clay cracking every dayPieces lost, fillers found, finding ways to be enoughWays to still…
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machine me
My scars don’t define me They are merely scratches on the surface of this body This body that I hold I am my body and my past, but it is not me That’s how I gain my confidence By knowing I am so much more than my physical I’m actually not what’s visible at all…
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insomnia
I made myself believe in monsters And demons and ghosts Because they were the explanations That I could get away with the most Instead of explaining my mental health I could blame it on my imagination On my lack of education But no Its insomnia Its stress Its anxiety and depression That wrap me up…
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Evolve
Evolution kicks in when everything is nearly extinct and dies I’ve died so many times Too many failed tries Was I dying, or just trying to change my life Because it did, and I grew stronger and kinder and weaker where I need And I learnt so many lessons I am now able to teach…
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My purpose
And I will drown myself in water Because they have taken away the pills And the alcohol I will pour everything I can down the sink Because my blood no longer flows from my skin They took away the blades But they didn’t take away the pain within I will deafen myself with music because…
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Poetry by Taylor 