Poems from Auora Faustini
Female. Mixed raced. Lived in 5 different countries.
Not British. Not American. Do not live in America, live in London. My profile keeps saying American Poet even if I have tried to change it.
I just want constructive feedback on the things I write.
(This is a found poem.
Dashes equal a beat.)
I fell worthless.
I fell empty.
I feel like I have nothing.
I’m falling apart.
I’m depressed....
(Poem written as a teenager, then revised)
Loneliness is like a hungry beast.
It feeds on your sadness.
It drags you into the darkness.
And...
(Dashes equal a beat)
I think of my life and I always wonder why -
every time I do, I always want to cry.
It's falling apart and sometimes...
(Dashes equal a beat.
The ellipsis is a long pause.
A poem wrote at 15/16, then revised.)
My life isn’t as bad as it seems,
that even in...
(Dashes equal a beat)
How much I wish to be this wall -
The emotions of my heart
Are complicated, real -
The emotions of my heart
Are a...