An excerpt from ‘Women, Wildflowers,’ my women empowerment poetry collection.
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My body screams in blood
Every month like clockwork,
And yet they say I am dramatic.

(A poem by C.C)
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He argued that I was far too fragile,
But I have endured
Every kind of breaking,
And still, my heart grows back stronger
And more resilient, each time.

Fragile things do not survive
What I have survived.

(A poem by C.C)
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You asked for all of me
Pure, human, authentic
And I gave you my veins

You drank me empty
Then complained
That my tarnished blood
Tasted too much like survival.

(‘Vampire’- a poem by C.C)
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My childhood felt like drowning
In a bathtub full of gasoline
Every time I tried to breathe,
Those who promised safety
Lit a match,
And told me
To be grateful for the warmth.

(A poem by C.C)
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I stitched away my childhood trauma
With the same thread my mother used
Only to find the pattern repeating-
Blood and bruises,
Disguised as pretty embroidery.

(A poem by C.C)
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I have seemingly been
Holding my icy breath
As long as I can recall
And between menthol cigarette breaks
Paper dust in my lungs
And your unrequited love
I think I would like to learn
How to breathe again.

(A poem by C.C)
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