They Don’t Understand
They don't understand,
Not the well-meaning friends and family who tell me to "drop it."
They don't understand,
Not how cliche sayings invalidate my feelings.
They don't understand,
Not the therapist who dismissed my annoyance at the cliche sayings with cliche sayings of his own.
They don't understand,
Not the well-meaning friends and family who don't see what a toxic person she is.
They don't understand,
Not how her words and accusations shook me up and hurt me at the core.
They don't understand,
Not the therapist who dismissed my anger, hurt, and frustration with an anxiety diagnosis.
They don't understand,
Not the well-meaning family and friends.
Not how the hurt and pain over this deliberate exclusion makes me feel.
Not the therapist who thinks I'm an easy fix.
They don't understand so I don't talk about it anymore.
we are starry-eyed dreamers caught in the silvery web of a fever-dream
“stars are the poetry of the heaven,”
she breathed into my ear
molten magic flowing from her lips
And led me through a vast cosmos
dancing to the tune of time
our footsteps leaving trails of stars
sprinkled across an inky canopy of velvet
Her fingers interlaced between mine,
spilling moonlight
Staining silver on my hands
we moved from day to night
As she pulled me closer to her
Stars tumbling from her sweet silken kisses
And
i fell
Plummeting down to the earth
Burning constellations in the darkness
The golden ash of stars
Kissing my closed eyelids
And through my tangled eyelashes
I saw asterisms
ce n’était qu’un rêve———
It was all a dream
no, her honey-dusted lips whispered into my ear
It was all a lie.
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