Category: Gender roles

• If

  If I could take away thoseTwo deep lines betweenYour brows I would You lie thereIn your pink uniformDreaming harried dreams Playing out all the dramaYou’ve lived on In vivid technicolor I sit hereUnwilling to wake youFrom your restful stupor How much rest have you reallyHad all these years? When will you sleepWithout those Creases betweenYour…

  meowmeowproject

  October 23, 2022

  acceptance, cancer, communication, dementia, Family dynamics, Gender roles, Grief, life, mother and child relationship, self-knowledge, Time

  Death, Grief, Letting go, suffering

• Time Underwater

  I wish we had more time together Things would look so different underwaterWhen you consider all the waysThis tale could unfurl Can you imagine a different world? One structured byThe raw materialsOf hope, love and truthWhere people can see Beyond their fears Where things unsaid aren’tMade to degradeWhere words and their shadesDon’t obscure but create…

  meowmeowproject

  February 14, 2022

  acceptance, Gender roles, life, Love, Quiet, Relationship, self-knowledge, vulnerable

  allegory, identity, Intimacy, Love, perception, Psychology, Relationship

• Who Are You?

  This poem is about my father who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2015. He died within 6 weeks of his diagnosis. After announcing his condition through email, he refused to see anyone for two whole weeks. He was a very independent and proud man who wanted to take care of business before letting people…

  meowmeowproject

  February 6, 2022

  abuse, acceptance, anger, Approval, childhood, Childhood trauma, communication, Family dynamics, Gender roles, Grief, Healing, inconvenient truths, Love, Marriage, memories, Morality, Relationship, self-knowledge, soul, speaking up, story-telling, Time, vulnerable

  Broken homes, covert abuse, deception, delusion, divorce, emotional abuse, Family, Family of Origin, gaslighting, Grief, identity, Intimacy, Introjection, lies, loneliness, memories, music, narcissism, perception, Psychology, Relationship, sadness, trauma, victim blaming

• Daenerys

  I know now whyshe burned cities downI feel the fireof her dragons breathing downon me The righteous angerthat was never seenheard or feltthat was dismissedby a thousandmenand the lies ofmyths and traditions She grazed it downto the groundand burned everythingsymbolizing thosechains Born in the fireCleansed by her angerShe finds new life in the ashes

  meowmeowproject

  November 13, 2021

  abuse, anger, Approval, Childhood trauma, Game of Thrones, Gender roles, Home, self-knowledge, soul, Time

• Epitaph

  As if life wasn’t hard enoughYou and I danced a beautifulDance of dysfunction As I look backThere were all these signsBut why did I ignore them? Was it because I wasDrawn to the fireAs a moth is drawn toThe flame? You told me life was preciousBut you didn’t knowJust how precious it wasUntil you walked…

  meowmeowproject

  August 13, 2021

  christianity, communication, domestic violence, Gender roles, Healing, life, Love, Marriage, Psychology, Relationship, religion, self-knowledge, soul

  authenticity, Broken homes, Childhood trauma, christianity, codependency, conformity, contested divorce, covert abuse, deception, delusion, divorce, domestic violence, emotional abuse, femininity, gaslighting, identity, lies, loneliness, Love, Marriage, niceness, perception, personality, Psychology, Relationship, sadness, traps, victim blaming

• Gaslighter

  Over and over againIt goesIn my mindAnd my thoughtsMy soul Who was he?Who were we? Quiet memories ofEvenings spent watching LOTRAnd your favorite animes:Full Metal AlchemistDeath NoteNaruto I lived for theseMoments of connectionWith youWhere I could catch aGlimpse of theWorlds in which you livedThe tropes you operated on How many timesDid we fightAnd all I…

  meowmeowproject

  August 1, 2021

  abuse, art, communication, domestic violence, Gender roles, life, Love, Marriage, music, overseas singaporean, Psychology, religion

• Nice Girl

  You try to be kindYou try to be goodBut have you been kindTo yourself? Have you thoughtAbout how muchYou can bearHow much you can carry? The only crossYou ever needed to carryWas your ownYet you had no time for that You see the sadnessAnd loneliness in othersBut do you seeThe devastation in your own heart?…

  meowmeowproject

  July 30, 2021

  abuse, christianity, communication, Gender roles, life, Love

  authenticity, codependency, emotional abuse, femininity, niceness, Relationship, sadness

• Summer Roses

  Pale PinkSummer roses in the skyRemind me ofDays spent alone at homePrepping dinner, playing houseand you’d returnWith a bunch of roses Back then you loved meBack then you held meBack then we loved andHurt so hardI couldn’t let go Now the pinkHas turned to blueAnd blackOn my body, my faceMy eye Nobody told mehow someone…

  meowmeowproject

  July 25, 2021

  abuse, domestic violence, Gender roles, Love, Marriage