“I have just this one heart okay I was burned I was gaslit nearly to ash on the first try From the start I was told I was a powerful speaker I was told when & how I should speak It's true I made a feast of my own misery I invited everyone the whole gang” HeartPoetryDepressionHeartbreakAbuseMiseryGaslightingBruteEmily SkajaSilenced Book:Brute: Poems Source: Brute: Poems
“Done with the whole dark & the insect dirge under blue lit lamps. Done trying to remember June, first stars & August when I was Penelope when I was Eurydice when July was missing & I was my own dull shade.” PoetryDepressionSummerGreek MythologyDescriptiveAllusionLost TimeBruteEmily Skaja Book:Brute: Poems Source: Brute: Poems