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Infliction

Grappling with my inner saboteur whilst navigating my youth as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community

By Terence WebbPublished 5 years ago 1 min read

Irritated by what I have become, grovelling

I am a tramp.

Thoughts make me itch, I scratch

I'm told not to let go

I do

I bleed.

Life, drained by love and hate

It's good, it's a lie.

Justifying reasons as to what I do and why I do them

It's pathetic, I weep.

People stare, people hate

Give me a gun

Give me a knife

Give me some life.

Go home baby, go care for you

I hate too much

I hate you.

Unloved I am, by you and me

Smack me hard

Make me bleed

Take my life

That's what I need.

Cry with me, feel my pain

Torture me like you have before

Make me blue, make me green

It's all I know

You make me scream.

Touch my face, oh how it felt before

It's all over now, you make me fall

Take my hands and slit my wrists

Have my love

And I will cry no more.

Desert me now, when I need you the most

Cry with me

Hurt with me

Laugh at me.

performance poetry

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