The Inside of Empty by AshesOfSinclair, literature
Literature
The Inside of Empty
THE INSIDE OF EMPTY
I draw defeated warriors on my bathroom tiles, with capes which guise their shame.
...And it hurts to look too hard at them
(I don't want to cripple my eyes, just in case I grow pretty one day.)
These warriors are trapped in crayon barricades- existing as human errors- just like me.
They are the only audience to my tears.
I whisper 'can you keep a secret', but these men are empty.
Do they wish they were samurais, just as I wish I was Pele?
I am so ashamed to look in the mirror, so I close my eyes and brush my hair.
I feel 8 years old- my panties laced with self-pity, my thumb between my teeth
I wonder when s
The Inside of Empty by AshesOfSinclair, literature
Literature
The Inside of Empty
THE INSIDE OF EMPTY
I draw defeated warriors on my bathroom tiles, with capes which guise their shame.
...And it hurts to look too hard at them
(I don't want to cripple my eyes, just in case I grow pretty one day.)
These warriors are trapped in crayon barricades- existing as human errors- just like me.
They are the only audience to my tears.
I whisper 'can you keep a secret', but these men are empty.
Do they wish they were samurais, just as I wish I was Pele?
I am so ashamed to look in the mirror, so I close my eyes and brush my hair.
I feel 8 years old- my panties laced with self-pity, my thumb between my teeth
I wonder when s