I’m filing a nail that has been
Jagged for over 2 weeks now
I’m choosing to ride my bike
In the sunshine
Instead of doing the
Laundry and vacuuming
Like I should
Because
I leave for work in the dark
I come home in the dark
And I feel my life
Painfully
Passing me by
As I am just trying
To fucking
Survive
Winter always
Brings a heavy
Blanket of grief
And no time to
Process and rest
My aching bones
Beneath.
💫Amber Comber
I don’t remember
Much about that night
I do recall the tiles of light
That adorned my hips
Moving and stretching
With each frantic breath
Professing earnestly
That
I’ll love you harder
I promise
Dissolve you
Under my tongue
Like a sugar-cube
With the vow
Of sacred visions
In a jaded world
The past is dust
Let us create
For one another
What we never
Have before.
💫Amber Comber
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Sometimes
The sunset is a
Beautiful blur
Illuminated in your
Rearview mirror
And you know it’s not
The destination
But the one beside
You
That makes everything
Clearer
The haze of the day
Slowly fades away
As you unfurl
Into this moment
Taking snapshots
In your mind
Filling pages
With lines
Hoping
It will
Be enough
To always
Hold it.
💫Amber Comber
I linger
In train yards
Fingers
Brushing walls
Of the past
Cold steel
Warm memories
Whispering
Softly in the wind…
I leave you
Lips raw
Stockings torn
Bruised thighs
Wondering
Why
I am
Leaving at all…
I love you
In the safest
Of spaces
Holding you
Like a treasure
Clasped
In a gentle fist
Heart wide
Eyes amazed
That you exist
So effortlessly
So beautifully.
💫Amber Comber
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Being from the sunshine state
Has fucked my fate
With seasonal depression in the Carolinas
Being asked by my abusive grandfather at 12
If I really needed to eat that ice cream
Amongst all the other teasing
Of my skinniest of all time body phases
Fucked my fate with my body image
I still recoil when my belly is touched
Especially at the stretch marks
Left behind by two pregnancies
When this alone should be celebrated
Being sexually assaulted by someone I know
Fucked my fate with building trust
Being the daughter of two addicts
Fucked my fate with drug & alcohol use
It’s a very cautious dance
I have to choose my vices wisely
Needing to control every situation as a child
Can leave you spiraling out of control as an adult
Cycles have been broken
Almost taking me with them
Words have been spoken
That will forever wound my soul
I grow stronger every day
Learning to love myself
Along the way
So don’t come to me
With your pleasantries
Unveil your truth and scars
Our time here is finite
If it isn’t raw and honest
Is it even worth it?
💫Amber Comber
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