Tag: poetry

The Things We Allow

The Things We Allow

He called me beautiful.Sure, it was followed by descriptions of the curves on my body.And yeah, he expressed the interest of my insides rather than what’s inside.But, he said I’m a girl with a pretty face.And pretty faces get you far.Pretty faces get you boys with a book of words to describe you.Pretty faces get …

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Meeting Love for the First Time

Meeting Love for the First Time

I met Love when I was 14 years old in a four-way Skype call on a Saturday night in November 2015. Love had hair like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo and eyes that followed like the Mona Lisa. Love was a random boy. My best friend did not expect us to hit it off. She did not …

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