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The Half Blood Princess
The sunrise and the sunset, swirling above the clouds in the skyline, daughter of two warring tribes, half blood princess, a patchwork blanket that will never be finished. There is conflict in my skin, and the many mannerisms I stole from the two that built me. Two, going on a great adventure, but growing impatient,…
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The Girl In The Mirror
Everyone says you have beautiful eyes. I think they may be right. They follow me, as I apply layer after layer of lip gloss in the mirror, warmth waiting with every stare, soft against my soul, making my heart race, because I appreciate the finer things in life, and also because I’m a narcissist. I…
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Temperance
New days are never promised, until the storm is calm, and assurance is redundant. I’m a little reluctant, to wade through rivers and reeds, born again, for the thirteenth time today, destined to be saved by the divine, just in time, but wondering why we have to go through this, every single time. The star…
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World Queen
When I was so small, that being a woman, was a far away fairy tale, I saw a ticking clock, each morning, when I met the gaze of the mirror. Intuitively, I was aware, that there were only so many moments, to collect all the trophies I had promised myself, in between birthing and bridal…
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Tea Tree
Tea tree tells me I’m nervous, sitting on my face, as I step back in the game. I was raised by feminist wolves, in the wilds of the world, and I feel I should be braver, bolder, brighter in the face of danger, but the tea tree, like a concerned stranger, seeing my frozen and…