Thursday, August 5, 2021

retina

come closer
i heard while sitting in my room

i just wanted to see you
the moon shyly said

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my body is not beautiful
i admitted
it is covered in scars and dents

so is mine! and yet you humans
she laughed
worship every inch of my skin

*Published by Sledgehammer Literary Journal on 8/4/21