Birthing is Battle

I wanted to burrow 
Instead of bursting 
through hardened soil 
I felt buried versus rooted 

I blindly bloomed 
In the process 
Of becoming 

Maybe buds are 
Scentless 
Due to an evolutionary adaptation— 
Self preservation. 
Often times things of youth 
are only perceived 
as fragile, 
Birthing is battle. 

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  Closest Distance
  Chastened chest Constricted congestion, Coughing up confessions Of fermented love… Read more: Closest Distance
• Unpublished shit
  How you shatter through me Like the conversation piece Spoken… Read more: Unpublished shit
• Petals + Leaves
  Hugs — To embrace space is to hug infinity What… Read more: Petals + Leaves
• Hyphens
  what do you do when you’re caught between your In-betweens?
• A Beauty Born Internally
  A butterfly never witnesses the beauty of its own vibrant wings