Monday, August 4, 2025

Insulin

 

You may seem so woke and righteous to some.
You spritz your pretty little femininity
and conceal what may be a receding... quality.
I'm not one to pick apart someone's
appearance to make myself feel superior, and

poke about someone's shortcomings that affect me, not at all.
I am one to say what's on my mind and
how I feel in an open and honest way.

And first, tell me,
who hurt you?
Because hurt people hurt others and there's a
pain gleaming from you

like a chandelier.
Something to meditate on:
You relish in how you exist, and believe
how wholesome you 
want to feel.
Just don't lie to yourself.
I'm concerned that mask of yours
falls right off your face the millisecond you step
across the threshold of perceived home.


~Tina Meeks