Poems from emma-leah

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Hi i'm 34 from Christchurch, New Zealand in recovery from depression, BPD and anorexia which influences my poetry a lot. Cat lover, published poet for 16 years, training in social work.
Do you want to go on like this almost forever? Do you want a life of death living in the shadows? Do you want to live in a carved canvas,...
The world drains of colour Black mourning in my eyes   Too many times I've stared death in the eye So close   I could feel his cold...
It's about the locked door it's about the sound of a slipped belt trauma like brain damage it's about shrunken corners that don't shelter...
His carcus lies outside naked and rotting discarded limbs push out of the bin protruding skywards his murder, i plead insanity he drove me...
My body is a cocoon of pungent regret holding its breath for the metamorphisis to a butterfly of knowledge my body is a hub of nocturnal...