Love Poem: Blood Drain
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Written by: Shahana Jackson

Blood Drain

What I want to be is content
    Satisfied 
     Pleased with my life
 Looking at myself 
      I've lost self love
        I've lost self assurance 
          I've lost self actualization
         I've lost me
         In this deadly process 
           I've been searching
          Like forensics teams on missing person's 
             For a purpose
               I'm starting to lose focus 
                  Envy starts arising
                   Plentiful opportunities to hurt
                      Yet the only blood that drops
                        Is from my own skin
                        Losing 
                       It's evident 
                        That i'm draining 
                          Not understanding the path 
                              That has been chosen
                               I can't find joy in the best things 
                                  I simply poke needles until they inflate 
                                      That's just my state
                                      Love is in the air
                                       I'm starting to feel a lil queer 
                                       Cause nobody is ever there
                                           Everybody else gets their someone
                                               Alone. I lose more blood.
                                                      My heart beat stops
                                                          I'm draining away