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peter pan

A Poem by messytessa

We sung ourselves up from toothlessnights, the maniacal giggling, crimsonstill twisting down your gumsas you hold out a baby tooth, and isn’tgro..

Hallowed

A Poem by messytessa

I am the blunt instrument of my hallowed chestthe eve of a dawn that seeks to deathI know no more than blackness doesand for this I wail, I weepthe ec..

Sun and Moon

A Poem by messytessa

I saw my heart in your eyes, My slivered self setting like the sun, And it gave me great pain because I saw what it was to be a day I..

The Dead

A Poem by messytessa

There is a dying thing in our hands,why do you pretend not to see it?I once admired you, all of youNow you sit in the kitchen holding a knife,Now you ..

Daydream

A Poem by messytessa

I laugh, the ground shakes,this is the power found in being happy.New worlds from his mouthflowers on my neck, in my hair,blooming into that noon suns..

102

A Poem by messytessa

It was not always this way, the dirt was not always dirtNow everything is in its own tendrils, forgetMy mouth, a blooming sunflower, stretching open t..

Hand in Hand

A Poem by messytessa

You rub my matchstick bodyas you warm your handsMy body--a spine, a shell carved openan instrument to play, I shiver under your toucha broken tree bra..

Not This Time

A Poem by messytessa

I start off every letter to the hurtAnd tell it No.I am learning the language of Forgiveness.I turn to my mother,My softness, my light,I tell her &ldq..

Crash

A Poem by messytessa

Have you known the feel of broken glass? He was the car crash down the freeway,one moment, here�' a smile, a laughthe next- Shr..

Dear Sister

A Poem by messytessa

1.We buried our bones beneath the dead hedge in the front yardlook at where we arelook at how we grew up from our damaged rootsIn the spring when the ..