I wrote this poem in November of 2023.

this is me for real

I close and open my heart at my moods and hormones’ convenience
on a tightrope of vulnerability where I tend to fall off from
and I have a tendency to blame 80s and 90s music and movies
that taught me that if you’re good enough, if you’re pretty enough
the right guy will fall for you and you’ll get your happy ending

One thought on “poetry: tightrope of vulnerability”

  1. When you said 80’s movies, I immediately thought of Breakfast Club and the triumph of people from different high school cliques experiencing romance with each other. I don’t know, romance is so wonderful initially, the heartbeats and sweat and seeing the other as perfect and then it can get so scary and messy and imperfect that it makes me wonder if it’s worth the pain, but at least it makes us feel alive.

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