blood
citlaly penelope
Blood doesn’t coarse through my body
It oozes out of me and fills people's cup
I drain myself empty
For others to see through me
I overfill until my love spills over
But no one seems to notice
My heart lives for others
All I crave
All I desire
Is for someone to spill over me
Let the waters carry me home
To the one who wants me all
Citlaly Penelope (she/her) is a first-generation Mexican-American writer who talks loud and wears her heart on her sleeve. Ever since she was young, creativity ran in her veins, and she usedthat magic to grow wings and soar through different creative outlets. She’s a chingona Latinawho fights for the voiceless and for lost stories to be heard. You can find her being lost in her head and eating a bag of spicy chips.
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