Feb 17, 2021 -
Poetry
Poetry|Love, Skin & Bleach
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These three poems are written by Tahys Rodriguez. Tahys is a theatre maker and poet based in Brighton. She aims to create work that people can relate to, as words and storytelling are the most human experience.
Love
Our love only exists in the gap between sunset and sunrise
When everyone is too busy to notice or to pay attention
Just us in these early hours
This playground of a city to ourselves
A love that is only allowed to breathe by the light of streetlamps and starlight
Skin
I made a home in this body
A second skin I grew
Moulded by you
That I learnt to inhabit
Slowly it started to peel away
I claw away the remains of you
Sinking my nails in
Scratching away
Until I’m left with a version of myself I hadn’t yet grown to hate
The version of myself that hadn’t learnt to love
And most importantly hadn’t loved you
The person untouched
Unscathed by you
I’m learning to love my true self
Learning every dent and crevice
Every scar and mark
Every untold secret
You broke me
But now I’m piecing myself back together
I am whole
The person I am meant to be
I wait patiently for the sun to warm through my cracks and broken pieces
Bleach
Every time your name escapes my mouth
I choke
My lips start to burn and turn dry
So dry they could disintegrate into nothingness
Your name stains my mouth leaving a bitter residue
loved this!!