Some people will always be burning. Girl, your lungs are not ashetrays. Neither is your heart. That doesn’t make you weak, it makes you human. Nicole Deardorff is a 20-year-old queer actor, dancer, and writer. She began writing poetry as a way to stay sane. She isn’t sure how well that has […]
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There are days when I still feel like misplaced bones when I stand in front of the mirror wanting to see all angles and hollows days when I swear I will fast until even my marrow cries out and my body feels as light and foggy as my head On these days, I name every […]
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I am ruination with ink-stained lips and blood under my nails I carve a calendar onto my skin so I will never forget where I come from (too many pills too many appointments) I am ruination with torn-bitten lips and melancholy mind I write my story on scraps of paper (leave them for strangers to […]
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