Poems from naterose
Has it ever felt like
You couldn't feel your limbs?
Like
They had been torn away
And you were high on morphine
To dull the pain?
Have you...
Mirror, Mirror
On the wall
What will it take
To be
Pretty,
Thin,
Tall?
Scale, Scale
On the floor
What will it take
To be
Light
Skinny...
I remember
The stones
They way they pelted.
I remember
The girls
The way they laughed.
I remember
The fear
The I fought not to tremble...
Her eyes,
So deeply unsettling,
As I watched
The tragedy unfold.
Her hair,
Tangled in his fist,
Was used
As if it were
A handle.
Her...
What’s your worst nightmare?
Is it
The way water
Engulfs you,
Imprisons you,
And slowly steals your breath?
Or,
Maybe, it’s
The way the...