When did my disorders become
Buzz words
Slam pieces
Attention grabbers
Automatic snaps
Poets today
Don't bother
With the intricacies
We shout
Exactly what we mean
And call it verse
Profiting from the things that are killing us
What else are they good for
My name is not
Lazy
Failure
Or
Depressed
Psychotic
Bitch
Is not
Tired
Neurotic
Hormonal
ADHD
Nerd
My name is not
Any of these things
My name is
Violet Anastasia Samuels
Child of the King
I am not dirty
But clean
Found
And seen
Beautiful
Redeemed
Washed in the blood
Sounds so counterintuitive
Until you know
What slaughtered lambs sound like
