Poems from headmates

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Phoenix flower - Lily

An exhausted soul
Her eccentricities flattened
A plasticine smile

A drink for surivival
A bite of desperation
The burn in her throat

But slowly, with time
her expressions return

Hopeful, invigorated
Wonder and joy

A drink for life
A bite of soul

A deep breath in
A deep breath out

And she blooms for another now

Pressure - Cedar

Steadfast in the storm
I bend, but I do not break
Heavy is the load upon my back
I bend, but I do not break
I carry

Day after day

I bend
But
Never
Break

Don't break
Don't break
Don't break

Under the deepest sea
Against the stiffest rock
Pressed against the edge
of a deep dark abyss

Don't break
Don't break
Don't break

Desire - Rose

Like a sponge full of water
I want to squeeze her
Wringing out every last drop
Honeyed syrup into my deepest soul
Drip, drop
Delicious
Ravenous
Hunger

Yearn - Princess Evelyn

I melt into her arms
Soft, pliable, clay for her to mold

Hers to shatter
Hers to rebuild
Hers to desire
Hers

Dance - Skye

Moonlight dances from arm to arm
Water splashes around my feet

Shoulders spinning
Waist twisting

Eccentric movements
Joyful motion

Just moving our body in the ways that feel _right_

Pure love
Unadulterated passion
What I live for

<3 - Lotus and Kat

Under the softest sky
Embraced
Safe
Loved

Mom - The Knight

In that moment
I become shadows

In the darkness I hide
Emotions bleeding out

An empty husk before her
A scared lost child
Hurt
Frozen in time

Mom - Hollow

In that moment
I become rage

In red I bloom
Emotions bleeding out

A stone wall before her
Her porcupine child
Hurt
Frozen in time

Witness me - Princess Evelyn

Under the mask of anger
beyond the visage of a lost shadow
hides _me_, the princess
a willingness to be hurt
a willingness to be vulnerable
a willingness to be seen
a _desire_ to be seen

beyond the anger
underneath the fear
just a girl in the darkness
a princess in the night

the dim glow of hope
in a sea of trauma
I sail, I sail, I sail