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Giovanni Smith (they/them)

Here’s one of my emotionally turbulent poems about one of my past emotionally turbulent relationships with a guy.

Photo courtesy of Pixabay.

i am all ocean storms and lightning bolts
with each monstrous wave of dark water 

i will surely sink this wretched ship

you are all earthquakes and thunder
with a voice cracking bedrock

i never felt alone with you

because i love that we are all loud, shattering 
noise that wind-cuts the sky open while

the sun refuses to come out for us

our storm and rain drown us too soon 
for us to understand what it means to die 

before being resurrected again
 
let us kiss and become 
our biggest nightmare and everything 

we have ever wanted.

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