Showing posts with label fighting back. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fighting back. Show all posts

Monday, April 13, 2020

NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 13 + April PAD Challenge 2020 Day 13: Taking It Back

Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay

no I don't feel bad about
crawling out from beneath the crippling doubt
you try to crush me with your cruel words
to destroy the purpose within with attacks from without

no I don't feel bad about
stealing back the resolve you tried to snuff out
you've made it your purpose to keep me down
I've made it my purpose to present with clout

you won't hurt me anymore
I don't care about evening the score
you won't keep me subdued beneath your scorn
I find your diatribe a bore

I'm becoming more
than you bargained for
I'm not your punching bag
you're rotten to the core

you're empty, shallow, and weak
no more will I seek
your meaningless approval
with purpose I will forevermore speak

~cie~



NaPoWriMo: Write a non-apology for the things you've stolen

April PAD Challenge: Write a purpose poem

Sunday, October 14, 2018

OctPoWriMo 2018: Day 14: Not Your Fat Joke


If
I
were
me
sooner
than
I
believed I could be
Then I would have
Followed my dreams
And believed in myself
In spite of people telling me
That people who look like me
Are only allowed to be
The butt of jokes
Fuck that shit
I refuse to
Disappear

~Cie~


Note:
I wasn't quite sure how to do it, but I think I made the basic shape of a certain gesture