Love Poem

By lilith connor

I used to be able to spin words like poetry to suit my will. Curve around the entrances and beginnings, soft as snow, beckoning you to come inside. Close the exit, it's doors twisting shut, pulling strings at my wish.

I used to be able to have others do what I wanted.

But now I no longer have that ability.

It's funny, what want can do to a person. The way it can choke you, twist and turn in your stomach and your very breath is taken from you. The way it can take your power from you.

Since the day I met you, something crucial, something critical has changed in my perception. My ability to think clearly has been denied. The powers- the ones one like me must learn to harness her whole life- are gone.

Sorrow takes many forms: remorse, guilt, anger. All the many different ways to say i hate you. Dont ever do this to me again. Sorrow was my shell, my extra layer of skin,

And the layers have been stripped dry. And I have no more defenses.

lilith connor is a teenage girl with a deep passion for art, writing, and all things creative. She spends her time, reading, writing, and coming up with new ideas. She is an accomplished poet with a national Silver Medal in scholastic and has been published previously in several magazines/literary journals. She hopes to one day publish a book or novel and is mostly focused on improving her work as a poetry writer. Her main inspirations include Olivia Gatwood, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Laurie Halse Anderson. She would be honored to have the chance to receive publication and would appreciate it. She is based in the US.