"they told us that we needed therapy, as if medication and tainted words could fix broken toys."

a cluster of thoughts, hidden below the very folds of my subconscious

"I think you should -" "Correction: I am in my own body, with my own mind; you do not and cannot tell me what to do."

poetry is a vice. ➳ 2014 watty awards winner for poetry ➳ gorgeous cover by @mountainy

Quinn scribbles tainted emotions across thin layers of white paper. But to who? To someone who blinks once, sees her, and blinks again-just to make her disappear. To someone who sees her as a symbol of the ocean. To someone who thinks the ocean is disgusting and hideous, filled with trash and pathetic wandering fishes. To someone who believes that Quinn needs to be a size zero to be labeled as 'beautiful.' If she isn't, why in the world will anyone care to love her? She's disgusting. Worthless. An enormous sailboat that makes the world sink. But how long will it take until she sinks herself?

Charlie doesn't speak, so he paints.