Flora

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

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At sixteen,

I wanted to be

dead & beautiful

like pressed flowers

memorialized

between pages of poetry

embedded

into tombstones

worn

in bracelets

around wrists

(where razor caressed

vein.)

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Image Source:

Gif; image #5165295 (n.d.). [image] Available at: favim.com [Accessed 6 Jul. 2020]

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