I don't want to kiss you or say the word love.
I'm not sappy and I don't enjoy hugs.
I question it from time to time, I force myself to wait just a minute and give myself the grace I was never given.
I didn't grow up with good love stories, only fractured hearts and muddy quarrels.
So when I don't know what healthy looks like just give me a second to unfurl.
I don't say the word 'love' when it comes to men,
So how about I like you instead?
oh this one breaks my heart.
Poor girl,
because he ended up breaking your heart too.
we stand with Palestine
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My Mind; A Collection
PoesiePoetry collection from a junior in high school who struggled <3 Now a college student, who fondly looks back when she struggles <3