I feel so majestic
so light
so colorful
like the seas beneath me
I can fly for miles and miles
and not break a sweat
I can hop from cliff to cliff
and not lose grip, like a carcass
I am strength
I am whole
you can't cut me
you can't peel my layers
I have grown with skin on skin
and you are never going to see
what I am made up of
I am made up of heartbreak
I am made up of realities
I am made up of yesterday's endings
I am made up of ugly beginnings
but it's all okay
because I was once a prey
and I have grown up,
to be today's predator
my gazes are soft
my eyes are glacial
my lips are pale
my words are dark
but it's okay
because I know what truth tastes like
my tongue says
lies taste better
it doesn't leave a staleness
like truth does
but I tell my tongue
it's chase, kill, lick
chase, kill, lick
swallow them
swallow the fears
swallow the words
swallow the truth
and it sits in my stomach like a million coiled snakes
but it's okay
it's okay
this is how I survive
and I cannot stop
it's totally okay...
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©VioletEden
18thApril2017
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Vermillion
ŞiirI have been surviving the past few years, counting on my hands, the days taking me, to the impending end. I will not. I will not sacrifice my hands anymore for something so sacrilegious. I color my hands with Vermillion, rub the pages of my noteboo...
