“i can feel blood in my nose in my eyes taste it finally on my tongue and i chase it, coat my teeth in molly eat through the ceiling stir the clouds in my throat” PoetryPartyMental HealthDrugsMetaphysicalRave Book:Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman Source: Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman
“i will slit the tight skin knotted over my spine unfurl my ribs into two great wings and clatter my way up to heaven.” GodPoetryHeavenMental HealthMetaphysical Book:Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman Source: Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman
“not before i have prayed in the rain, washed the blood from these old bones, not before i have stripped away everything that remembers you and stepped into heaven as a naked star” LoveGodPoetryReligionHeavenAbuseSurvivorMetaphysical Book:Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman Source: Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman