⚠️Trigger Warning: The following poem contains subject matter pertaining to suicidal ideation⚠️

By: The Mad Poetess

~ A war of the soul-- battleground to the seething elements, exacerbating the dichotomy between water and fire. Unforeseen & cataclysmic,...

~ ⚠Trigger Warning; the following poem contains subject matter pertaining to self-harm ⚠ ~ My body /splits/ the water the way my skin...

~ ⚠️Trigger Warning: The following poem contains subject matter pertaining to self-harm, suicide, and involuntary psychiatric...

~ Tears percolate from round, fishbowl eyes, cheeks a sting with salt and loneliness. I barter with the deluge, hold my breath for as...

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