Purple braids… tatoos hanging heavy…
Like memories… that won’t… let go
Four-four-four… for protection
“Angels watching”… they say…
Leopard spots… crawl across skin
Not to match… but to warn…
I am beautiful
I am dangerous
Be… Aware
Carpe Diem… etched on a jaw…
That clenches… through nightmares…
Seize the day…
Because the nights…
Belong… to ghosts.
Her new scissors… speak…
What her voice… can… not
Snip. Snip. Snip
Cutting away…
What can… not… be saved
In her eyes… a child…
Hiding… behind fortress walls…
Come closer…
Stay away…
See me…
Don’t… look
She wears her history… on her skin
Every mark… a story
She doesn’t… have to…
Tell … tell