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You Turn Me Into Gaia

A Poem by Askew

I have always been made up of harsh things Broken glass and mirror shards Vodka straight from the bottle and the smell of cigarettes Bloody lips ..

Facts and Questions

A Poem by Askew

Things I know: 1. Every cell in our body is replaced every 7 to 10 years. 2. The human brain often copes with sexual trauma by turning it into ..

I Don’t Want To Love You Anymore

A Poem by Askew

I miss you I know I don’t show it But I do I miss you with every fibre of my being The way you held me That smug smile Your laughter The ..

Pain is Beauty

A Poem by Askew

I will never stop romanticisingmy painBecause the second I doEverything beautiful in my world will disappearThe horrors I've endured are what make it ..

You Don’t Matter

A Poem by Askew

I’m laughing because you think you hold a place in my heart You think you matter to me That I’ll cry if you leave What you don’t ..

Medusa Is My Mother

A Poem by Askew

Medusa is my motherAs she is mother to all of usMedusa was hurt by PoseidonAs I was hurt by men twice my ageMedusa was found and comforted by AthenaIn..

F**k BDSM

A Poem by Askew

Do you know what I've learned about myself? What I've realised? I understand now. I get it. The reason I like my sex so rough and violent and borderli..

What Better Way to be in Pain?

A Poem by Askew

"Little Death" The French were right about that one

Thinner and Weaker

A Poem by Askew

I look like I was conjured up by Tim Burton My skin is pale and becoming paler everyday I’m barely skin and bones, all sharp angles and thinni..

Sweet Wine and Cigarettes

A Poem by Askew

I wrote this while drunk and sad