kellylynncurry

[kellylynncurry]

I am a prisoner to this bracelet fastened around my wrist.

Blood pressure cuffs and IVs ordained like jewelry

My energy and morale falter

Pharmaceuticals flow through my recovering veins

The cheery nurse’s bedside manner is anything but infectious

I can’t wait to leave this place.

— Kelly Lynn Curry

From the book Radiant Poppy

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[kellylynncurry]

I should have seen the signs Blinding, glaringly obvious Like a canary in the coal mine I should have noticed you were toxic from the start

— Kelly Lynn Curry

From the book In This Flesh

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[kellylynncurry]

How is it that even now

As I read back your words

My breath catches

at the slightest caress

your promises bring

— Kelly Lynn Curry

From the book In This Flesh

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[kellylynncurry]

The IV hits a certain way

And the sweet violence of my heart beating

Rocks the cavities of my bones

Sweeps the blood cells through my veins

Swells my skin two sizes too big

And I’m a mess again

— Kelly Lynn Curry

From the book Radiant Poppy

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[kellylynncurry]

Sleep eludes me Panic drowns out the lethargy Glazed eyes, heavy lids An ache fills my bones And yet anxiety demands an audience — Kelly Lynn Curry

From the book Radiant Poppy

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[kellylynncurry]

I live in a sea of blankets

When I am more pain than person

Letting the Percocet flood my Corpus

As it numbs the neurons

Hoping it does its duty quickly or at all

— Kelly Lynn Curry

From the book Radiant Poppy

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[kellylynncurry]

No jury, no judge You executed me. Swift. The Guillotine snapped You did not allow a second to Give me piece of mind. — Kelly Lynn Curry

From the book In This Flesh

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[kellylynncurry]

The IV hits a certain way

And the sweet violence of my heart beating

Rocks the cavities of my bones

Sweeps the blood cells through my veins

Swells my skin two sizes too big

And I’m a mess again

- Kelly Lynn Curry

From the book Radiant Poppy

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[kellylynncurry]

The skeleton inside me is begging to be free

To feel the dirt between its calcified toes

And the sea rush around its marrow core

Let the osteon flourish amidst the wildflowers

— Kelly Lynn Curry

From the book Radiant Poppy

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[kellylynncurry]

If my withered body Could speak all the stifled words, Tell of the aches and the pains, The pleasures and the comforts, Would you bother to listen?

- Kelly Lynn Curry

From the book ‘Radiant Poppy’

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[kellylynncurry]

Frustration seeping through my bones

Cracking the calcium at the core

Knocking me to my knees

My skeleton splinters.

— Kelly Lynn Curry

From the book ‘Radiant Poppy’

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[kellylynncurry]

As I tear at the walls of my body, my home

I suffer and I bleed

The loathing bombards the scars, freckles, and stretch marks

I try to rebuild; to patch myself up with self-assurances

Building bricks of love and happiness

To not grow into any set mold

To blossom into a wildflower:

Fierce, delicate, blooming.

— Kelly Lynn Curry

Book: Radiant Poppy

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[kellylynncurry]

When the words come ripping you apart at 2 am Flooding you Demanding you breathe life onto paper Mixing ink and blood and flesh and time Until there is nothing left of you Nothing but your soul dripping on the page.

—Kelly Lynn Curry

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[kellylynncurry]

“Your eyes show you are a fighter. There is a glint in your eyes that shows you can survive anything and have. That’s what makes you gorgeous. Cause even if you are struggling, you are gonna fight as hard as you can, because you have to and are willing to do so.”

— A good friend

[kellylynncurry]

Anger piercing through the air

Your voice hitting octaves high above the cityscape

Drowning out everything around us

A force of nature yet so unnatural

My gut churning from fear

Cowering away from the fury

Swirling, whirling, twirling

Your words dripping acid into my skin

— Kelly Lynn Curry

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[kellylynncurry]

To mourn the loss of someone still breathing An ache so deep it makes the ocean resemble a drop in a puddle A weakness that pulls you deep into the darkness of your soul, Reminding you that their breath once held your presence A void instilled, stitched with memories bloodied with our past Yet somehow, I cannot shake the taste of caring — Kelly Lynn Curry

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