A Poetry Collection

Trigger Warning: Description, after visual poems, has content that mentions death and suicide.

These poems, I wrote after my mom died by suicide, and I was literally working 50–60 hours a week. I didn't have the time to talk to anyone, nor did I have the emotional support I needed. So I sought it elsewhere.

Looking back, I feel those same emotions, but it's a little less now. It burns a little less and that lump in my throat is a little easier to swallow. Even though some people believe I didn't do anything during this time, I worked so much.

Some people believe that I just isolated myself. Someone thought I wasn't a good enough partner and thought that my mom's death shouldn't have affected me the way that it did. But it did.

These pieces are a small reflection of what I'm comfortable sharing.

A Rising Virgo

A Rising Virgo is a traveler, writer, and artist. The wanderlust artist has is growing more and more-- she hopes to travel all over the world, whether someone is by her side or not. She loves to romanticize daily life and tries to find little whispers of beauty in this cacophonous world.

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