"the princess saves herself in this one" few lines of A good read book

for the boy who lived.
thank you for inspiring me to be
the girl who survived.
you may have
a lightning bolt
to show for it
but my body is a
lightning storm.

ah, life—
the thing
that happens
to us
while we’re off
somewhere else
blowing on
dandelions
& wishing
ourselves into
the pages of
our favorite
fairy tales.

the princess i was born
a little bookmad.
i could be found stroking
the spines of my books
while i sat locked alone
inside my tower bedroom.
all the while, i hoped my books
would spill their exquisite words
over the lush green carpet
so i could collect them one by one
& savor them like
berries inside of my mouth.

• forever a collector of words.

when i had
no friends
i reached inside
my beloved
books
& sculpted some
out of
12 pt
times new roman.

• & it was almost good enough

the queen
my mother
smiled
as she offered
a cube of
sugar
in her
upturned palm.
greedily,
i accepted.
i reached inside
my mouth,
delicately placing one
(just one)
on the center
of my tongue,
& i clamped
down.
salt.
that is what abuse is:
knowing you are
going to get salt
but still hoping for sugar
for nineteen years.

• you may be gone, but i still have a stomachache.

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