I've been doing some integrating                                                      ­         of  the parts I've lost contemplating                                             if  I  was  really worth saving                                                           ­                after  years of you being so debasing                                                         ­   I  had to fall before I could ascend                                                           ­      Had to disconnect to stop the pretense                                                 Endured  your painful smear campaigns                                                        ­ you  didn't have the sense to feel ashamed                                      Called  you out when you knew you lied                                             maintained  class when you rolled your eyes                                             I  never let you see you hurt me deeply                                               walked  away when you threw dirt at me                                                   You  act like you're surprised I'd leave                                               For  once I'm rejecting you and embracing me

he said
i wasn’t feminine.
he said it twice,
hoping the echo
would re‑write
my code
of not being lady‑like.

he came to the conclusion
we should stop.
i talked like a mate.
and didn’t fit
his narrow idea
of a woman.

and i told him,
i won’t fold myself
to fit his frame.
no one
gets to offer lessons

on
how
we
should
be
shaped.

standing at the edge
staring over the sky up above
i wear blue, feel the rain on my skin
and wonder how it'd be like
if i were to just give up.

a metaphorical ruin in all its might
pen in hand, smoke coiling in the pit of stomach
a heart that's too tender for this world
bandaids, torn, wasted, blood soaked
scars, numerous, multiple, scalded, searing, borderline rot

a porcelain doll needs to be perfect
glass button eyes that shine like the moonlight
a smile stitched in thread and silk, perfect at all times
strings ought to be pulled, it ought to move perfect
slightest crack in the jaw of disobedience
and cut all the threads that tie her to existence

the hollowed out torso must be snatched tight
fill the empty with the shoulds
stuff it up with cotton
pillowy soft and smooth
fingers held in a perfect swirl
eyelids dunked in silver, lashes painted and curled

they created her with wishes for a different one
she came to life, unbeknownst to the prays of her creators
assuming she was needed, she gave her all
failed—character, turned a bright velvet rot

they failed her
illusioned into thinking a necessity would rise
where she'd be needed
she worked all her life
trying to prove—worth it, worth what even is that?

porcelain lungs kept her weak enough
walked and ran
had her wings stolen, the branches cut just so she couldn't ever grow them again
venom infiltrated her being, yet she kept going
the same, hiding all the vulnerabilities
sometimes, often, trying to encompass
failing—drifting off the shore

she tried, gripped onto the landing's edge
took a step up
trusted the wrong hand
and so she became one among the fallen

she grew
the happy drug, clumsy clownery aiming to attack the hurt
she'd pull the hands of those were too far
those way too down, bringing them up
foolishly empathetic,
she always had the right words

decade over and here she was
realization dawning upon
what was considered normal
had made her mind go wary

she didn't see the same with the other manufactures
hers—just refused to carry
the burden of existence, of not being friends with the other dolls
they dimmed down her brightness,
thunder came upon—and disguised her as the monster

she pulls at herself
disgusted seeing the reflection of what she has
failed to be the doll she should have
became the one they never wanted to brag

thus came upon the search for some mighty
a protector with a sword and shield
racked brains and held hands
asked for genuine—it turned out to be a mine filled land
another facade, disappointment—
it began to feel like nothing
and then numb was all she had

disqualified out of the race of being put up in the stores
kept on the sidelines, with the ones that lose their chores
they were perfect, on the display
built for reasons, developed for anything but treason

she relapsed, they played,
toyed her around
until she grew tired of the dates
repeating themselves, same things over different days

then came the hour—when she ripped herself apart
held what was the soul they'd given her
did it not turn out to be art?

the soul needs nourishment
requires the nutrients of love, of care, of resemblance
protection from the weather, sunshine during the dark
this one dissembled herself to tether

they wouldn't have known
couldn't ever see
was everything at once
nothing at all for eyes to seek

splintered her ribs in trying to breathe through the ties
lived through the silence, getting used—to the voices
chambers of memory, locked away, dissipated
decay of life, once that was held up proud in devotion

affection turned sour, always a hidden meaning
lullabies held infection, becoming a permanent ghost in order to stop
bled in violet
sometimes a black
often there was nothing to bleed
she ripped at that was left

“is it fair
to bleed
upon the ones
who didn't give you the wounds?”

“is it fair
to talk
to let my darkness
come over you?”

you could cower, or fear, or walk away
you could choose to just not listen
i think it'll be better that way
but for me to do the same
i'd have to talk
and talking is not what i can do
so i sit
late nights, after trips
in my bedroom
i lie, halfway on the bed
staring at the glass panes of my balcony
watching it rain
and it rains so good

just a few minutes ago
i was drenched in the tears of the skies
and i felt
i thought i'd cry with it
feel it, let it go
but i cried after it
as if it left something
or
i'd meant to wash out everything that i felt
under the rain, choosing to get drenched
but i think it washed out all the walls that i'd put up
they were false, not strong or tall enough
and so they tore, broke down
and i—once again—bare to the world
i felt it all and let it seep out

i lie on my bed
converses dripping in mud
down my legs
i aim to say i hate it
but right now
i don't care about the mess that it makes
i just continue to read
and write
whatever hurts
and i try to draw
but my hands are clammy
and they shake
i can't take pictures either
feels uncanny

there's a movie playing
it tells me to speak
tells me to move on with commitments
to love and to repeat
it's the need
i can't do it
something's up with me
there's the mess of wiring in my brain
i think somewhere a long long time ago
it got electrocuted with pain
and now i got shocks
in form of feelings

and when it hurts
i tend to rule it out
because it's not worth it
and because i don't deserve it
and i can't accept it
i can't even seem to take it
i wanna be heard
without having to perform

but i think
i'm turning to every single thing
that i thought wrong
a disappointment?
i hope i'm not

the movie however
a quote—
‘if something's eating at you,
you gotta find a way to use it’

so i shall use it
put forward and even go as far as to misuse it
i shall write
just—don't don't don't react, alright?

it wouldn't matter if i disappeared
like i'll be considered a loser by those who term to hold me dear
what will the society say, they'll think of that
not me, cause i just wasn't worth all that

mattering—is a tough achievement
do i? for anyone really? jot down this event
and i try to tell myself all the time
i don't give a ****
but the thing is i do
and i wanna matter
except i'm easily as replaceable
as the piece of paper

i can't speak up when it matters the most
so i tend to let moments just go
and i can't express to save someone's life
i can't do any ****—to save my own, right?
and i absolutely always mess everything up
like chaotic is fine, but being this way—a ****** chaos?

i might be the issue
i feel like i'm nothing

and it messes me up
cause i just spoil things
there's the immense level of sadness
that i carry
it feels like it resides in my bones, way deep behind my eyes
like every time i try to speak
it just doesn't feel right
like i stare, and observe
and i try to understand them
and love

but reciprocated—finding it acceptable enough
is something i'm yet to achieve
and i know they wouldn't bother
honestly, no one does

just don't understand it
like it isn't like i had a bad breakup
or like i lost a family member
or like i was violated that bad
it doesn't feel fair to feel this big dark messy level of sad when life wasn't even that worse
like everyone has it no?

but they told me i feel too much
"if i'm too much
accept me no?"

i feel like nothing
and sometimes i want to give in
to the night
walk away
not look back
become one with the rain
or the sky
or the wind
and just disappear
forever

"i'm fine, trust me
i'll be fine"
i just don't understand it

why have such a sad soul?
why make things sad, when they are entirely whole
every single time
i speak
it's burdening
and i wouldn't do that to my enemies
i don't think i'm doing okay
like i'll be—obviously
"i'm okay"
during moments and hours
but at the end
there's something really wrong with me
like i'm broken? whatever is wrong with me
can't be dealt with
or made just right enough for people to see
i'm not that bad
i feel like i don't deserve to be here
(i wanna take up all the place in your heart
and consume it, not tear it apart)

am i sickening?

i'm not good enough
"no don't say that"
i'm not though
"please don't say that"
i'm not good for anything
"please—the fresh wound and you're too sensitive"

like i don't deserve compliments or anything for that case
and every time someone says
i'm good or i make them feel good
it feels fake

like what do u aim at
what you talk about
i'm pretty sure i'm messed up
a piece that seems to make things up
i can't make jokes but can be the clown
can't make u laugh, but that's what my life's all about
i don't even know how to have fun
or make it fun
boring, sidepiece
overlooked, freaked out, messed up

nothing helps
nothing really
i'm numb
and i feel too much
it's complicated

"i don't wanna feel this way
i don't wanna be this way
i wanna be normal"

every time i write it down
feels like i'm faking
like it isn't even that bad
they still can't see it
i'm in the wrong body perhaps
this isn't me
wasn't who i was
but i write down everything
i'd want people to know
even then i feel judged
it's my own self and the demon on my shoulder

feels so bare though
at times, i want to be alone
but i despise it
being in someone's company
having to pretend it's normal
being myself
getting eaten away, by the paranormal
watching them live and feeling
like why the sadness exists only within me?
where does it come from
do i perhaps have a curse
have i done something really really bad
a long while ago?

writing was my oxygen
now it's become poison
i let it breathe
but it consumes within me like a lochless monster
and it takes up every bit of my skin
i've got words inked, you just can't see cause they're transparently written

could i be invisible
or hide
somewhere, for a while until it feels feasible
to exist again and to breathe without it having feel like there's a big ******* hole
vacuuming all the good, leaving behind all the bad
there's a tightness in my chest

could i bleed, metaphorically?
or physically even—let it seep and stain even the black
will it stop hurting then? every time it feels good

was asked for something positive
could come up with nothing
what even is there
but then i looked at their faces
and they seemed to wonder
oh such dire thinking
we're all kind of messed up?

ask me how i feel
i'd say great
cause i do
at least until i'm silent, for a second
left alone to look around
need help, not okay

"i'm alright
don't worry
it's just
sometimes
it gets too much to carry"

so i put it down

for periods, as it might be
this bag that i've had since a forever,
so bad, it carries all that i mistook for fortune and humor
i get to play pretend
have gotten quite good at that
so i know when you intend to leave
and that you will, cause you have to just leave

can't be bare cause they wouldn't care
so i go along with their desires
especially when they assume
oh you know me?
you love me and care for me?
you wouldn't bat an eye when you see what levels i've achieved
being ****** up
i feel like i don't deserve any of you or this

but i know when things aren't real!
can't even be delusional
i try to be confident
to pretend
but it all seeps out through somewhere
so many wounds
uncountable, invisible
do i wrap them or sew them shut to prove?

i don't know how to be complete
can't go on with this pit of sad
feel like i tend to infect
and **** me, please before i do
i can't infect you with myself too

"ignore this
i'm alright
trust me
speaking the truth
i cried
i'll be done and back to normal in a day"

i feel jealous of the rain
it collects over time, pours until nothing remains
the sky feels lighter
it shines a bit brighter
i just shower under it
would want to wring myself dry like it

i ought to sleep
but there's violet in my hands

You never said more than ten words to me                                                               ­                                                      and  that's just a **** tragedy                                                     ­                   You had a hard time showing your love                                                      made  me feel not good enough                                                           ­   You  never said I am proud of you                                                          so  I  stopped trying to prove  it to  you                                                          ­  You  ignored me most of my life                                                             ­      and that cut me like a knife                                                            ­       Old woman take a look at me                                                               ­   I'm  more than you'll ever be                                                               ­          Now I look at you with pity                                                             ­        I  didn't need you to validate me

Open up let me give you a taste                                                            ­               of the hell in my life  that you gave                                                             ­        always right there is no other way                                                              ­    just shut up and do  what you say                                                              ­  I  stood  up and you flinched at my strength                                                 I've pushed back and kept you at arm's length                                             You  hate that the tables have turned                                                            You  get  to  feel  what  it's like to be burned                                                   All the power and all of your hate                                                             ­      Is  something I no longer  tolerate                                                 ­ My  decisions aren't up for debate                                                           ­     You've  held me down for long enough                                                     Didn't realize it made me so tough                                                            ­ Thank you for being so rough                                                            ­             All  it did was build me up

Against my will, I’ve acquired this skill.
I’ve mastered the art of fault-picking,
I excel at depreciating.

Still, urgently seeking something diminishing,
Secretly yearning -
To combat flaws I’m dissecting.

For some sort of force to pull me?
Up to standards I don’t fulfil,
Down from aching self-worth, still.

And just like my dad,
I mask my sad.

Mutually we intellectualise our wounds,
Seemingly, we’re bound.

Whether from arrogance or negligence, I yawn at their stance
Not a chance I’ll advance.

Science tends to disagree - research believes in therapy
As far as claiming it'd make me happy.

        'Have a 30-minute walk each day',  
She dares to say as I continue to pay.
        'You carry trauma from your childhood'
        'Navigate your thoughts and it’ll affect your mood'.

Sorry doctor, I’m lacking modesty -
I seem unable to take you seriously and seeing you hurts violently.
I could easily earn your degree.

Undoubtedly, people will say:
        'How can she expect to be okay?'
        'She's abusing of her sick leave pay'
        'In no way committed to her healing journey'.

To which I’ll roll my eyes at any day.

I stood still,
not because I’m weak,
but because I thought
you needed somewhere safe
to swing your pain.

You said I was your punchingball —
and smiled,
as if the truth was something
I should be proud to carry.
As if bruises count as love
when they come from you.

But I bleed in silence,
and you don’t see the cuts
because they don’t show
on skin.

They show in
numb mornings,
tight throats,
quiet yeses.

You still think
I stay because I can’t leave.
But I stay
because I choose to.

Don’t make that choice
feel like a mistake.

I am a droplet. Just a small droplet.

One day, I fell into a lake.
The water didn’t crave my presence,
but there I was—
falling.

With a soft smack, I broke the silence.
I shivered the surface and I started to send ripples outward.

Tiny waves fanned out toward the shore.
The lake barely remembered I had landed—
but I kept stretching and growing.
One ring, two rings, three rings…
Each of them was a promise slipping from the center,
making its way in a widening circle that brushed the skin of the water.

How many of these rings have I cast since the day I landed?

I have no idea.

Sometimes I think,
maybe the fish don’t care,
maybe the reeds just nod, in their indifferent sway,
and maybe the water laughs at my ambition.
Because who am I to think I can make any difference in this lake?

But isn’t it something—
how even a single droplet interrupted the calm?
How it pressed its will into the water and bent the shape of its surroundings?
How it insisted:
Look, I’m here, and the world has changed, however small.

Call it hubris.
Call it naive.

But here I am—
just a glistening speck, dreaming of shores I’ll never touch.
Hoping to be felt.
Knowing I might be lost, soaked up, swallowed,
lost to the lake before anyone even sees the last of my rings.

Because one day, my final ring will fade.
And the lake will still be there,
as if I had never fallen.

Still, I choose to believe—
that somewhere, I will make a lily quiver.
That somewhere, the landing of a dragonfly will shift because of me.
That one of my ripples will carry a story farther than I’ll ever know.

And maybe that’s all there is after all—
a brief moment
when stillness breaks
for a droplet
that dares to be
more than just wet.