#taltalstructure

[taltalfromneptune]

to surgically remove self-hatred.

if i cut my arm off;

i won’t feel the nudge of my mother on my shoulder

or the pat on the back of a friend

I will feel pretty, with arms not mine

but they will not feel what i should own

A hold so gentle

or a hand that writes my word

will be lost to a standard i can’t uphold

i would rather saw off than see what was given to me

Skin that crumples, skin that stretches

To accommodate the beauty of me.