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Tag: breakups

Fight Night

Claret on cotton and hearts on sleeves; words that hurt and eyes that bleed. After too much truth serum, I … More

breakups, fight, heartbreak, mental illness, poem, poetry, prose poem, prosetry, relationships, writing

Notions of Infinity

Forever’s never guaranteed but still you wrote the F-word inside every card you ever sent to me. I cannot bring … More

breakups, heartbreak, love, memory, nostalgia, poem, poetry, relationships, writing

TWLOHA

You my favourite person kiss my favourite scar (and I wanna whisper Will you stay with me until these red … More

breakups, depression, exes, love, mental illness, poem, poetry, relationships, scars, self harm, self injury

310319

​Tonight, the church bells sound like us: Furious (you) and out of time (me) Punctuated with silence Interrupted by sirens … More

breakups, diary, environment, life, love, notebook, poem, poetry, relationships, writing

Curiosity Killed The Cat

“What on earth happened to your face?” She closed her eyes, tilted her head down so that her chin was … More

abuse, addiction, alcohol, blame, breakups, Bullying, conversation, creative writing, depression, drinking, ex's, fear, hurt, life, living, love, pain, paranoia, prose, psychosis, pubs, smoking, suffering, talking, things overheard in bars, violence, writing

The Transformation of Passion

At the bus stop outside my godawful girls’ secondary school, where I have stood waiting for so many minutes, for … More

addiction, blah, blast from the past, breakups, change, drugs, drunk, ex's, fuck up, I'm sorry, kids, life, London, love, memories, mental health, mental illness, nostalgia, observations, prose, psychosis, relationships, reminiscing, safe, school, teenagers, teens, time, writing

27

It hasn’t even been a year. I don’t want you. I don’t want you. I think if you touched me … More

breakups, depression, heartbreak, hurt, love, relationships, sex, you

A Horrible Truth

This is the first Hallowe’en/Bonfire Night/Christmas/New Year’s on my own in 8 years. The urge to burst into tears at … More

breakups, christmas, depression, fireworks, halloween, heartbreak, holidays, love, relationships, sad, singledom
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