Aglaophotis, or Expulsion
here, you will birth a god, a visceral horror a distortion destruction of yourself this child was forced upon you conceived from your trauma conceived by others begging you to bear the burden of pain inflicted on so many your body has betrayed you by creating an environment for godhood a godchild that will mutilate and consume your body. coated in afterbirth that godchild will bring an endless fog, death & determination unless, you reject being the host you have choice clasped around your voice a choice where you can value your life above that of any god/child silent hill 2’s abstract daddy is a better metaphor for sexual abuse than i could ever write
& so is the fact that I could never defeat it without help Ashley Miranda is a latinx poet from Chicago. Her work has been previously featured by the Cotton Xenomorph, Memoir Mixtapes, Witch Craft Mag, MAKE magazine and other publications. She has a forthcoming chapbook, dolores in spanish is pain, dolores in lolita is a girl, from Glass Poetry Press. She tweets impulsive poetry and other musings @dustwhispers. |