Kinsey Peterson

Losing Myself

take me

please

use me

i\'m a hollow shell of who i was

but now i\'m beautiful.

the purple i dyed my hair

has been ripped out with

the nails that i stopped biting

the blood of my scalp mixed with 

that of my wrists.

you didn\'t like my skirt

too colourful

i\'ll use myself to dye it red

please

love me

i didn\'t know i was losing myself

but now i don\'t care

i\'m the me you wanted

the me you can touch

and kiss

and fuck

please

use me

take me

want me

if you don\'t, who will?

i became this for you

i\'m no longer me

the sharpie lines of my drawings

have worn off my skin

i replaced them with something permanent.

you never liked the books on my shelf

or the poems on my sleeve

or the stories i told

i stopped telling them

please

i\'ll say whatever you want

just don\'t leave me

there isn\'t a me left to exist

without you i don\'t know who i am

 

i\'ll stop writing poems

i\'ll wear pink sundresses

i\'ll bleach my hair blonde

i\'ll be quiet

i\'ll stop singing on walks

i\'ll be whoever you want

but please

please

please

 

you\'re the only one i have left

i became this for you

i\'m desperate

please

have i become good enough?

will you leave too?

 

please