A Tiny Love Poem a Day
Love compressed onto post-its
Valentine’s day is coming and I’ve decided to post one tiny love poem a day every day in February. I have a confession to make: I hate Valentine’s Day. In fact, I hate most love poems. It’s not that I don’t believe in love, it’s that I don’t believe in the way we treat love — like it has to be some perfect thing that comes wrapped in a bow. There’s something satisfying about trying to fit an aspect of this big concept “love” onto a teeny post-it.
Most of these poems will likely be weird, strange, and speculative because I feel like that captures how love really is — dark, hard, complicated, and a bit bizarre. I’ll update this page as the month goes on but feel free to follow along on my Instagram too.
Day 1:
I think you
helped
me forget who I am
forget flaws
forget my claws
forget me raw
Day 2:
You said “I’m on
your side, girl.”
And we built us a
wall
not to keep them out
but to…
