Kim Writes Stuff

Category: Poetry

  • Bloom

    I could not grow where I was plantedI searched for a place to bloomOnly to keep getting uprootedI was reserved to be a tumbleweedInvasiveUnwantedUntil I met youI flourish in your careI am a whole garden under your loving hands

  • Music & Lyrics

    Do you ever think of the music you gave me?Of the lyrics that sank into my skinOf the beats that sounded like your heartDo you remember the words we gave each other? Because I do with a bitter-sweetness I wish I could have loved you like those songs

  • The Shame of My Body

    The Shame of My Body

    I have been at war with my body for as long as I can rememberI have fought battles over words, calories, and sugarI whittled away at myself, trying to fit into the box others made for me I have dieted, binged, and purgedI have prayed, cried, and cut away pieces of myself you didn’t loveI…