Emma Lepore

Joined May 2021

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the sun, the moon, us, and the stars
"Sweet words, the taste of honey, splattered on the pages every afternoon. Eyes to the sky, ruffling through the trees in search of you.
By Emma Lepore5 years ago in Poets
you don't see my true colors
"suck it up buttercup" you always said that to me when i got emotional. "life's tough, get over it" i laughed out of spite earlier when i told myself to "suck it up" as i decided to stop crying
By Emma Lepore5 years ago in Poets
Coming Out Poem; drafted in 2019, continued and edited in 2021: (trigger & content warning: compulsory heterosexuality, sexual assault)
13 years old: Summer before 8th grade, my heart whirred like a hummingbird when I saw her. Thunk thunk thunk thunk "I like girls, too" I thought, as the clouds above revealed a new version of myself and she said
By Emma Lepore5 years ago in Poets
an excerpt from “dreaming of a year of genuine love” :
“In June, you spent the day laying in the sun with me, night and day. We washed the ants off of us in the morning, but the memories of stars and clouds remain.
By Emma Lepore5 years ago in Poets
“healing from grief”
dissipating evaporating floating tearing dissolving melting this is how i feel right now reality feels like its melting
By Emma Lepore5 years ago in Poets
An excerpt from “processing grief”;
i have been paralyzed by my emotions before but this is different. it is not fear, it is not a shame, it is not sadness.
By Emma Lepore5 years ago in Poets