there was a pearl buried deep somewhere deep, within my oyster of a soul.
you had patience,
patching me up gracefully,
with sparkly lilac duct tape,
‘til all my pieces
fit back in place.
“you’re beautiful,”
you said, despite my resistance,
to this idea,
that there was a pearl,
buried somewhere deep,
within my oyster of a
soul.
you became
an opalescent mirror
reflecting beauty which i could not
see.
Alin Quinn is a disabled, mixed, queer writer and poet in the US. Their poems have been published in “Of Love and Dedication”, a Live Poets Society high school anthology, and “That Gray Zine”. When not reading or writing, they especially enjoy hanging out with their dog, playing the Sims 4, and collecting plushies. They are also currently studying social work in college.
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