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My travels of touch and gaze

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I love to travel swimming in seas and clouds, inhaling light and dark life's mystery I have been trying to unravel. but the unbearable touch left its mark my defence could only try but the touch and gaze were stark wrapped like a mummy was I yet naked as a bone and he, for not a second, was shy no, I wasn’t touched; nor was I alone he stripped my skin down to every layer though I was bare like a smooth but lifeless stone do I breathe? do I fight my foe? do I gaze back? do I burn his sight? will it affect the status quo? I am powerful; I can attack yet, I fear all of their gaze they turn me into a meaty barren sack. I am not weak, but how do I stay unfazed? from their abuse and rape, they think my body is theirs to graze when I am touched, they take another shape I am impure my body is an outcast to be gaped. I must fight and I can, sure. but my blood ran cold, my vision blurred As I began to lose hope for a cure. I wish to be free; I am a caged bird his eyes were my shackles I desp...

The Joyous Scars

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Would I like the enthusiastic chubby girl who stares back at me from the still water? Is it possible to love her? She is eating her own heart Surviving on her own flesh Her mind spread before her like a bitter tart. How can anyone love her? A girl who holds her comb with trembling fingers Whose teeth dig into her brains scoring her worth for the frizzy strands Love is unconditional frizzy strands or scars, it stays beyond the face even when it's dismal Beauty is a joy forever a joy forever when its dug from deep down the surface a joy transient when it is judged from sight then it leaves no trace The conditional beauty is haunting its fears of our consciousness are daunting hands and acts take us far and so, embrace every scar. Love those scars From the reflection, point out the joys I seek cause joy lives in mistakes, in troubles and delights, because of this, we all stand unique. ~ Aazka GIF source: Pinterest