Liquid Sunshine



And she is
liquid sunshine,
drops of honey.
     personality pouring out,
syrup thick
catching light
maybe she is light
her curves sending prism reflections
in a
perfect
arc

But I am not "she"
Sadly,
I will never be made of honey
and glitter
and melted marshmallows

I will never
 f
   l
      o
          w
like liquid sun


Instead
my words fall
        over themselves

               I strike
like a bolt of lightning
my temperament the
thunder
that follows
Sadly
I will never shine
like honey gold

Instead
      I stumble
          I s-s-stutter
I burst
  and break

About this poem

A lot of people who've heard this poem think it's a love story. Its not. I wrote this while i was still figuring out the concept of gender and where i fit in the community. it was a situation that filled me with an immense level of self hate.

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Written on August 08, 2020

Submitted by tatumsaralesch15 on February 07, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xabxxccxdxx bBbef exxxxx Gxx xxdefBax Gxexx
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 572
Words 102
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 11, 5, 6, 3, 8, 5

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