Portrait as a Spilled Cup at a Party
Lyric Rudy
You lay there on your side
liquid pours from your dangling mouth
in hope that someone will pick you up.
Help you get rid of the poison stuck inside.
Rinse you off and leave you somewhere safe
to rest for the night, before you feel the body of a man
on your curves, crushing you until you
can never be the same.
Lyric Rudy is a genderqueer archaeologist of beauty, poet, and personal coach. Though their pieces often deal with truths hard to look at including mental health and trauma, they excavate what's beautifully honest beneath it all. Keep up with them on Instagram @Lyric.Rudy and @conscious.strides.