Orphan Part Iii
I am going back to the person I was before
That abusive thing I finally fought off
That reflection I clawed
Out of the mirror and choked to the floor
I am digging into my skin again
I am
Digging down my throat
And every second I am alone
There is the thought
That I cannot
Escape
The hate
That I once fought
I came off the meds and cried for the first
Time
Since I died
I felt the entire year melt off my bones
Like the spring that finally came for the snow
I felt love and then I hated
From a depth that you could never know
And now I go
Back
I crack
Off the piece of me
From the mirror
And see
The person that won’t let me be
I see grief
In an unwinding motif
I see it in the way
I bleed
The person I tried to make from scratch
Scratched out of the womb
And attached to the wound
And left me wide open;
I left death unturned
And waited for her to return.
Copyright © Jessica Vh | Year Posted 2014
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