Inspired by Death by a Thousand Cuts

To be resolved.. don’t make me feel like one

‘We love your energy’ Give it all, feel shame Cyclone Scared On high-alert In case you suck me in

My brain’s fight, writing like speaking Taking Looking back, the now There is more than this..

You bend and you flow

For me, women are sunshine, frozen rain and rainbow power We are the thunder they don’t see coming Our bodies the implements they can instr

Tara star

misogyny, sexism, ADHD

Thank God you were a part of my twenties The woman that thought all she needed was ‘plenty’ Scared of anything I care about being taken awa

tara star poetry Mirrorball Never ‘too much’ Women are told to ‘be nice’ Sensitive person, Taking on other’s emotions, people pleasing

Margaret, post-it note on the train, feminist poetry, neurodivergent poet, entitlement, Tarastar poetry, tara star poems, ADHD, writing

Woman: followed Sensitivity, human Mental health poetry Sexism, misogyny

Honest poem about my relationship with sex and my body trauma

People being relieved when you say 'I'm fine' and they don't have to discuss

Friendships after trauma: Poem

bringing the walls down, therapy poem, Tara

brain delay poem, spoken word style poetry, slam, mh

Poem on denial