Behind The Ache

rae lark. writing teeth into tenderness. poetry / zines / survival rituals. soft chaos, always. https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

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New zine drop!

“How I Learned to Eat Lightning and Leave the Party Anyway” is an ode to the messy ways which I worship, grieve, and move through life. Inspired mostly by Grecian myths, the northern Nevada ecosystem, and my bleeding heart.

Available for purchase on my Etsy here

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4530203507/how-i-learned-to-eat-lightning-and-leave?ref=share_ios_native_control

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

[pup-purgatory]

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

[raelarkpoetry]

I am becoming unsightly.

I want to sleep beneath willow trees

and hold my breath beneath the water.

I am becoming undone ;

feral heartbeat, pitter patter,

soft pads of coyote feet

across desert dirt,

the whole world brown and jagged.

I am becoming exhausted.

Metronome tick, tock.

Holding my own hand

on the train home.

Where did the years go?

Who has been living inside my skin?

I did not watch enough clouds.

I did not keep the things

that rested softly against my ribs.

I carried too long

what bruised my knuckles.

Here I am—

half human,

half god,

wading into the stream

forgetting which one

learned to drown first.

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

[paper-wounds]

Fortesa Latifi, from The Truth About Grief.

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry

[aslisjournal]

Asli Hersi

[raelarkpoetry]

writing from the wreckage ✨

tender teeth, soft claws.

poetry • survival magic • zines

more: https://linktr.ee/raelarkpoetry