i’m pregnant
not anymore

i’m pregnant
not anymore
i’m pregnant
i love my bf
i also have sex brain rn 😵💫 i forgot how bad it gets
i have a bf
my dog died
— Anne Carson, from “Red Doc>.”
— Christa Wolf, from “Cassandra.”
the whole world changes right around you <3
suddenly, i’m 21 again
waiting for you to text me after ghosting me for days
suddenly, i’m 21 again
crying my heart out because you won’t talk to me
suddenly, i’m 21 again
drinking my feelings away trying to pretend it doesn’t hurt
suddenly, i’m 21 again
praying that u will realize how much u are hurting me
i’m almost 23
but today i feel like i’m 21 again
21
i got flowers today
for the first time in my life
from a nice boy who likes me very much
i don’t want to invalidate that experience
but i just thought of u
and how u never got me flowers
even though u swore u wanted to
not even on our first date
or for my birthday
or for the last time we saw each other
i always wanted u to give me flowers
but i’m glad u never did
because i wouldn’t be experiencing what i am today
a nice boy gave me flowers
a nice boy will have my love
a love that u wasted and used
i won’t break that nice boys heart like u broke mine
i’ll admit i want to
i want to feel how u felt when u hurt me
so that way i’ll maybe understand
maybe if i understood i would be able to forgive u
but he doesn’t deserve it
that nice boy likes me very much
and i like him back
farewell, old lover
godspeed
love will live here again
i have sat in this wound for a while now
soaking up all of its good and bad
this wound is part of me
a part that i haven’t truly been able to fix on my own
i’ve tried
and it’s worked for most of the time
but it’s attached to me
like glue
i can’t shake it
i’ve tried
i can’t run from it
i’ve tried
a million times now
when will it ever truly go away?
one more year?
ten?
it’s been two so far and i still feel like my heart won’t ever recover completely
i have tried
i kissed someone last night
the first time in two years
i don’t remember kissing him
but i know that you weren’t on my mind
i kissed someone
and it wasn’t you
it wasn’t your lips this time
i remember the first time we kissed
my first kiss
i was so over the moon
i wish i remembered how i felt when i kissed him
dame un beso
4.25.21 // 3.27.23
no one is asking me how i feel
truth is, i don’t know
i’m trying to suppress this for as long as i can
i know this one will hurt so bad
15 years
of memories
fights
cries
laughter filling the house sometimes
i grew up here
had my first heartbreak here
got my first dog here
my first car
60 days
60 days?
how are we supposed to pack up 15 years
in 60 days?
my childhood home
is being taken from me
how am i supposed to not let this break my heart?
my grandmother’s garden and her manderin tree staying behind
the house my little brother built is staying behind
my front yard where i watch the sunset is staying behind
when will i find another view like the one i have?
i want to cry and scream
i want to get on my knees and beg them not to
my inner child is begging right now
please
don’t do this
i don’t know how bad my heart will hurt
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march 24th 2023
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