I came across this poem in a tweet of mine years after writing it, while looking for something else. It strikes me as something worth keeping and sharing, especially since size poetry is fairly rare. I keep thinking about hosting some kind of size poetry writing challenge.
I debated backdating this to the day I tweeted it on Feb 3, 2021, but felt a pang of sadness that this would bury it in my archives.
Content tags include size dysmorphia, feeling small, therapy, heavy emotions, and mental health
Hiding Small
Feeling small to start
Heavy heart, and
After my therapist isn’t onscreen anymore, I take the full weight in my chest again
Resting the heaviness on the spine of a book
Hiding behind it
Hiding small inside the story
Shrinking myself & my burdens with each turning page
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