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Stars and Scars
You turned my scars into constellationsTracing invisible lines between the marks of my past Using your lips to kiss my deepest painTerraforming the landscape of my hurts into something beautiful Now my fingertips trace all the places you have beenI follow the stars you carved into my skin Savoring the specter of youRelishing in the…
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love bomber
The first time I tried to leaveYou had your tears ready, weaponized loveBegging for me to stay, when I should have been running I confused your manipulation for dedicationLet you love bomb me into submission and isolationThere are still craters left behind from all your ammunition I was tricked into loving youAnd you were cruel…
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starving love
You were so devastatingHandsome in a way that hurt to look atYou completley captivated meWicked with your mouth and kissesStingy with your attentionYou were love starvedHollowed out by the hunger in your heart I let you devour me like a feast
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Accept
We accept the love we think we deserve because we’ve never seen it any other way. We don’t know what healthy love looks like when we’ve only seen love in the bright light of gaslights. We accept that love because we were raised in the back of cars shuffled between parents who didn’t understand us.…