Too pretty
Too present
Too brainy
Too bold
To live in always-elsewhere mode
With you
Too pretty
Too present
Too brainy
Too bold
To live in always-elsewhere mode
With you
You pretty poppy
In absence of evidence
Sentient and culpable
Gouged mine eyes
Conquered my brain
Euphoric rush
My soul, my skin
Rotted from without
Look at me
Look at me now!
From the depths of my downfall, I say
You pretty poppy
Photo Credit: Tiger R., age 10
I’m realizing that
This is a patchwork
That is at times prickly
This notion of perfect
That demands precision
This is a perversion
That has been our peril
I’m realizing this