I am corrosive
to everything I touch
I am radioactive
—all warning signs
flare up
when I arriveI am corrosive
in a way that I scar
everything I hold
to the point of breaking
I am radioactive
—all the flashing lights
wail like sirens when
I pass byI am corrosive
—radioactive—
I destroy everything
I get my hands on
and no one can predict
where I will go nextI am corrosive
—radioactive—
because I know how
to keep up a veil
of niceness to hide
the rotting corpse
unburied underneath
—just ebbing—
giving off waves
that's corrosive
—radioactive—
until the filth withers
the flowers put up
just this morning
to dry, pressed petals
like my skinI am corrosive
—radioactive—
because I know how
to make hearts beat
with sweet words
and I know how
to make scars bleed
with lashes of tongue
—giving them a taste
of bitterness and
unresolved past
and disappointments
that's corrosive
—radioactive—
I'm toxic to everything
I touch—all shameful
flags fly with the wind
every time I dare show up
YOU ARE READING
an adjournment of scars, an endearment of stitches
Poetry❝𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢�...