Selfdeprivation Poems
The strawberry wonders
by Alyssa dewey
Picking at your skin
watching it blister and bleed under your nail bed
Squeezing the red ooze
enjoying the warm comfort it gives
like a hug
The hug you never received
You carry on down the hallway with your head down
The tremor of your bittersweet, strickenly picked, body lays still
your so egotistical the strawberry’s say
Do you think everyone actually cares about your field?
......
The strawberry wonders
by Alyssa dewey
Picking at your skin
watching it blister and bleed under your nail bed
Squeezing the red ooze
enjoying the warm comfort it gives
like a hug
The hug you never received
You carry on down the hallway with your head down
The tremor of your bittersweet, strickenly picked, body lays still
your so egotistical the strawberry’s say
Do you think everyone actually cares about your field?
......
