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Wrestled to girl

I wrestled you down

Girl

Into woman

I grew your thoughts for you

Lifeless of the party

Monotone 

You vacuum expression

And drain me,

Exhausted

Stop

I gave you emotions

Give me energy

Any kind just give

Give and give 

I must drink

Always thirsty am I

But I drink for you

So what’s this lull in your throat

Dip in your tone

Crack? 

No

You ...

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Wrestle   fight   abuse   manipulate   toxic   trigger   trauma   bond   connection   interdependent   control   obsess   narcissist   sociopath   relationship   heart break   heal   break up   learn   reflect   self aware   grow   pain   realise   gaslight   liar   complicated   monologue   character   partner   emotional abuse

PERISH

Daily battles
Hourly battles
Life is a battle a constant battle
We win some we lose
Give up if we choose
From evergreen
Never to be seen
Over taken by concrete
Trees down..over crowded
We build and we build
yet shortage of houses

The gluttonous folk tongue money and power
Conscience they lack as we drop by the hour
Care not do they for the bills we can't pay
We are to them necessit...

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Earth   perish   toxic

My Best Friend

She was my best friend.

I loved her unconditionally.

I loved the way she spoke her mind,

The way she worded things.

The way she lied.

Oh how she loved to lie,

Twisting stories to keep me hooked.

She doesn’t know that I know about her lies.

She doesn’t need to.

As much as she’s hurt me,

I could never hurt her back.

I mean, I wouldn’t dare to.

She’s my best friend...

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friendship   toxic   poem   poetry   teen   manipulation   honesty

The Tide Will Come Out Of Your Mouth

SMASH!

Every time the glass of your skull

Crashes into the fist of another memory

To crush you where you stand

Because another memory has broken you

Because another memory has entered you

Like intruders, they force their way inside

They punch their way into your attention

They invade your heart

Until you must look at them

All so that they can violate you again

They...

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accepting   assault   block   block out   bravery   coping mechanism   dealing   dealing with trauma   difficult   feeling is okay   forget   future   getting better   growing   Living after trauma   memories   mental health   mind   mind protects   moving forwards   moving on   pain   painful   past   rape   recall   relive   self preservation   self protection   supressed   supressed memories   survivor   toxic   trauma   understanding   violence

justified paranoia

Always on guard of the love you claimed was ours

as I looked up at the stars 

I realized I was holding onto too hard

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Relationship   breakup   toxic   paranoid   lying   cheating

toxic from the start

 

A series of self reflection 

unhealthy questions

our rose colored phase with twisted lessons and a mutual obsession our souls connected as I throw a cruel test in 

how much of me can you take or is this fate I’m lost in a paradise I refuse to break

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relationships   unhealthyrelationships   toxic   obsessed   lost

Who is the bully?

Yesterday, I cracked the whip
Over a poor man’s flesh
At his request
Yesterday, I dug my heels
Into the crotch of him
Because he asked
It hurt me to hurt him
But it would hurt him too
Had I refused
The thing about me
Is that I'm not
- Me, I mean -
I'm a chameleon,
Master of masks
Slipping on disguises
Like slipping on shirts
I am metamorphosis
Shapeshifter, am I
With wolf or doe ...

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perverted   sordid   twisted   toxic   misindry   bully   domination   submissive   bdsm   pay   service   dynamic   hierarchy   sex   dominatrix   feminism   masochist   masochism   money

The Living Room -A deep sea affair- (Please don’t drown)

It has been two years today
Since I have had a fight with my then girlfriend
And, crying bitterly, I entered the living room
Replied to my father’s concerns
And let him know his daughter was dating a girl.
No wonder he hasn’t spoken to me since.

But, this poem isn’t about me
And nor is it about a cousin sister of mine
Whose phone was found in the living room
Full with smuts and gay stor...

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Fathers   masculine toxicity   toxic   death   suicide   gay

pull

The pull 

the draw

is powerful

and real

 

if he said, "meet me"

 

I'd go.

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toxic

LOVE DRUG

At first love was a pump, a needle,

Eyes wide when your high

...Or see someone you like.

Stifled, we always rivalled

Till no more, the beat became sore

And we spiralled, overdosed,

Hot headed, cold blooded.

Passion became blown out,

The anticlimax of a candle...

Like the heroin ran through her heart,

Like the cocaine contorted her chest,

Like the salvia had shaken ...

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toxic   drugs   addiction   love   warped   desensitised   disconnected   numb   heartbreak   relationships   dependency

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