Explosions burst through my chest like cannonballs kick up dirt on the battlefield. This is my constant now; I’ve long since given up on trying to love somebody. The electricity running up and down my arms is oddly comforting— a reminder that I’m alive and a conductor of something. Breaths used to come easily, until […]
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Poem: Epitome
April is National Poetry Month. This is one of the pieces I wrote in April 2018 to celebrate the occasion, the first one since I started writing poetry in November 2017. I keep going and going and going. Nothing will stop me; not even the pins and needles in my arms and the lack of […]