The Lie You Tell Yourself

Madeleine Alviso

It deflates it spreads like a virus and I’m too pissed off to fight you cause you are a cancer You never stop until I die I’ve killed you many times and mourned you even more I hate you Because of you I hold back I stop me I cry I’m frustrated I wear red lipstick even before putting on my eye brows to feel like a warrior and slowly vanish you

Artwork by Dung Nguyen

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