GIRLS LIKE ME

 They think they are doing 

me a favor by colouring 

all my walls in shades of pink and expect a thank you

But girls like me won't do that 

Girls like me carry the weight of anger inside and answer every question with silence 

Girls like me read books and dream of Paris listening to Achilles come down 

Girls like me paint their nails in black and ignore dirty laundry in the corner 

Girls like me wish for mother's good night kisses and a family picnic but is afraid of a family dinner 

Girls like me bleed everyday but no one sees that because we hide it with powder coloured smiles 

Girls like me want to die all at once

not to die little by little day by day .

Girls like me weep behind doors and

 that's our weekend plans.

Girls like me try a lot but fails 

and turn deaf ears when people wish luck 

because we don't have luck. 

Girls like me paint butterfly nests in beewax yellow and let wild sonnets grow out of hair

Girls like me cut pastries in four equal parts and grow lillies on tombstones 

Girls like me hum tuneless songs while floating in bathtub at three AM

Girls like me stab ourselves for every sin we committed but never beg any God for forgiveness 

Girls like me remember the crinkle of the bridge of nose of the lover and the soft collarbone kiss. 

Girls like me have their hearts beat in iambic pentameter but never let anybody listen to it. 

Girls like me want the world to end at once because every evening is a personal apocalypse.

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2022 at 12:28 PM

    Girls like me weep behind the doors where walls will comfort us with their silence.

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