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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Chapel Hill chapter.

i want you

to hurt me

and give me

as many bruises

on my skin

as you want

because i am

———-

nothing without you

———–

that’s why i

lurk outside when

i need a

quick smoke break

the moment i

begin to panic

the nicotine attaches

itself to my

curtains without permission

———–

so now i

must cleanse my

body of you

yet i won’t

stop after a

single ounce of

joy i bought

from you

last time i cried

———–

it was only

sixty five dollars

so why does

it feel like

it ripped every

nerve from within

and wrapped them

in your skin

———–

———–

setting me ablaze

Hello! My name is X. and I'm a senior at UNC-CH majoring in Gender Studies and English. When I'm not stressed out about doing research on non-white gender performance for my thesis I like to write queer poetry. Welcome to this little sliver of my mind!