I am a woman writer the last thing I am is weak.
ALLIE MILLERI am a woman writer the last thing I am is weak.
ALLIE MILLERCan anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
ALLIE MILLERYour scars speak terrible stories turned to beauty.
ALLIE MILLERWith all your words of glass, I felt the wedding dress rip If I don’t want to give you the satisfaction of seeing me cry why should I want to give you the rest of my life?
ALLIE MILLERWe are survivors we glisten in the sun for all the nights I died alone I did not know another woman carried my song and it is beautiful now look what we have become.
ALLIE MILLERDry throat on the days I’d rather just watch the candle burn.
ALLIE MILLERYour silence speaks in waves I am trying to not drown in my own thoughts let alone yours.
ALLIE MILLERWriting saved me when my phone went silent.
ALLIE MILLERWriting spiteful poetry in a chapel I realized I have to love you no matter what you do.
ALLIE MILLERIf only were my skin like art shining against the mould, if only my body were a canvas brave if only.
ALLIE MILLERMy very survival is a spit on your face don’t fuck with a woman who knows her worth.
ALLIE MILLERI am on another planet experiencing myself the colors run but I’m not caught up on perfections here I just want to be my own friend again I just want to love my bones without restraint.
ALLIE MILLERWe live in a society where I am a crazy bitch for going to any lengths to keep you away from me.
ALLIE MILLERI wish I could drink my troubles away but I can’t even do that right.
ALLIE MILLERAnxiety feels like over-explaining chronically.
ALLIE MILLERI fought my way through plastic men the woman in me learned how to show her teeth no matter how fucking unladylike they say it makes me.
ALLIE MILLER