A form of self-love

Frame the eyes for all
to see your beauty; blue-gray
Liquid eyeliner

Pure Obsessional

Just trying to talk
Thoughts; an invasive species
Interrupting me

Kitty Bitty

Little ball of fur
The softest motor around
Boy who likes to purr

Missing

Distance between us
Lingering fear; disconnect
Longing for closeness

Depression

Depression just bores
Did taxes and nothing more
Roast onion dinner

Tremble

Quaking in my skin
Sometimes anxiety wins
Recounting false sins

Hirsute

1 in 14 women
Face societal shame on
Upon their face
Shaving, waxing, plucking
It's not something to discuss
Use salt scrub after shaving
To burn your face away
But makeup goes on smoothly
The next day
An attempt to hide razor bumps
Only somewhat successful
People stare in grocery stores
It shouldn't really matter
But it makes you carry shame
It's only superficial you say to yourself
But it doesn't change a body's betrayal
Of yourself