i don't know how to love
you
i wish you wouldn't look at me
like that
like you're scared of what you
see
i should have been better at
taking you down
one less failure in a stained
tub
(no one will want you now)
i wish you wouldn't look at me
like that
like you wish i was better at dying
too
(one less failure in a stained tub)
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Dysphoria
Poetry"I dreamt I grew roots and sunk into deep earth, Where mud became my skin and dampened grains freckled my surface, I opened my mouth wide for the sprouting branches Leaf-speckled limbs And sunflowers blossomed from my eyes, Sunlight bled in waves, w...