Giuseppe Milo gravity. A blood-red moon peaks out from behind the suggestions of trees that whisper to me, disappointing ovaries curling within me disapproving of the company I keep. Gravity stays with me, holding my head in her hands, and never wishing that I could do better. She's the only friend I have; She watched while oceans beckoned me, white sails spirited me away to burnt, resentful horizons, while bruises speckled my better judgments... (red marks speaking for me), and now my heart takes over. little secrets. I guess this is a confession of sorts, a distorted collection of whispers - secrets the stars keep. But I fell with the rest and the best of them, and while forgiveness is too intense an undertaking, I wish I could write in first person. I survive on the warmth of your body beside me, with the window open I'm trembling desperately. So, I'll feed on your heat but it's really just because I'm scared of being alone. I pull the blankets closer and wish that I was stronger but this freedom silently crashes down around my knees, and I don't know how to suffocate on these impossibilities. rise, the sun she carried me and splits me open she created and destroys me and taught me to be weak, to cower from her heat and stay there her shadows burning inside of me she taught me how to speak my mind when I should be silent to open my heart when I should be careful she fed me to wolves that prowled through my childhood offering the sacrifice of my youngest years leaving me to use my body to fill the space left by what she cost me now I feign resilience I have felt the Mother Wound sharp and breathless it leaves me glowing like the wildfire sun ![]() Bio: Thai-Lynne Lavallee-McLean writes from home while caring for her three children. Part-time, she is working on her Bachelor of Arts degree with a Major in English. As a teen, she attended YouthWrite summer camp for young writers, where she studied under renowned Canadian writers. Thai-Lynne has recently published a short story and several pieces of poetry that can be found in print and online. Comments are closed.
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