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shewontsleep
@shewontsleep.bsky.social
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portland based poet and musician. trans woman

i make art about grief and survival

debut album "i am god?" coming soon
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shewontsleep.bsky.social
this is a poem called "caught"

CW for trauma and self-harm imagery

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“The important thing is that you want to get better”, so says the Angel with the missing front tooth Eyes like tiny pearls, she saw the sickness in you And in that moment you perform an absence The same one that they cast on you And it really is cyclical, you think It really is the things we lose And in an instant you are six years old “C” screaming like a banshee “A” perching at the window “U” like a lonely widow “G” beckoning you to ”H“ Come a little closer. “T” the vision fades again And then you think it’s not about the things you lose It’s more about the things you give “The important thing is that you want to get better” And you believe that you are kind Or kindness is a part of you Like smoke that covers the horizon For fear of what intruders do When they can see the whole of it In a clear and undiluted view “The important thing is that you want to get better” And you believe that you are thoughtful But thoughtfulness is what you use To balk at confrontation Of the very things that torment you “The important thing is that you want to get better” And in a vision you are 30, 40, 50 years old And the time passed like the shaking of sand And you still struggle with it every day And you wonder how you’re supposed to keep on living
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
shewontsleep.bsky.social
a short poem about pity

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spare me your pity i have no use for inverted triangles raised inside the darkness of the flesh of a cage then forced to wander "normal" when i made my escape i swallow my rage like the razor blades i used to gash away the lumber of an empty frame and now my body craves its slumber like the lightning craves the thunder but i remain steadfast in my limping on to nowhere
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
shewontsleep.bsky.social
i have just completed recording the song "sorry" off of my debut album "i am god?"

these are the lyrics

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November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
shewontsleep.bsky.social
FORGIVE

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November 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
shewontsleep.bsky.social
i am shewontsleep. this is a poem called "responsibility".

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October 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
shewontsleep.bsky.social
my poem "camels" is now available

you can read the full thing here:

shewontsleep.substack.com/p/camels

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October 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
shewontsleep.bsky.social
my poem "graze" is now available

you can read the whole thing here:

shewontsleep.substack.com/p/graze

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October 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM