Not Your Garden
You are not
entitled
to pick flowers
from someone
else’s garden,
uninvited
even if they are
displayed
for the world
to see.
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Purity
Purity;
a dirty little
word that keeps
half the world
in chains.
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Flowers and Silence
That flower between
your legs bares
king and peasant,
writer and artisan,
healer and soothsayer,
yet still they have
the audacity to
silence you.
Author: Emily Byrnes
Email: [email protected]
Author Bio: Emily Byrnes is a mental health advocate/dog mom/feminist/writer from New York’s capital region. You can check out her Instagram page for more of her work.
Link to social media or website: https://www.instagram.com/emilybyrnes_/
