Shoulders popped from collar bones like
Pop tabs from the cans and a spine like a staircase
But no spine at all, not even a little, really,
Id say I had starlight eyes if I were kinder to the reality of myself
Or noon sky eyes if i still felt the potential of waking up someday, somehow.
Violet and violent have a lot in common,
The under eye shadows are heavier because
Im doing my best to sleep less, even though
They're back breaking to carry and hard to look at
I dont look in the mirror often enough for that to be my problem, though, so who really cares?
Fingers too bony for jewelry and too empty, anyway
I dont know when i started biting my nails
Or if maybe I always have;
Some jagged and some long and some broken and bloody, like broken teeth, almost,
But i dont reach for food often enough for them to compare-
Isnt it all just so ironic?
Hair long enough to hide in, mess enough but mostly managed black oil kelp, why would it matter, really?
I can see all the blue black roads up and down my arms and they all know my name.
I know they do, because they whisper it at night
Calling me to them again but I'm not supposed to
Mystery bruises like punching a peach
I dont remember where each one came from but I remember they must have come, so they do, some days.
I just wanted to write something describing myself
And here we are, I guess.
I'm still trying to be more positive
But I still don't like myself, at all.
I dont know why I thought this would be a good idea.