A poem for sayori As if there is a correct way to respond to your best friends broken body swaying back and forth gently in front of you, subject to the subtle breeze of the AC I felt it too The burden of others bearing your burden The comfort of them not having to I feel it too
A poem for Natsuki 1.) A tsundere tear Wrapped in layers of fabric and cellophane and wires that bruise my arms Kiss boys when they make me feel safe sometimes when they dont and make them regret it 2.) A small Moe fang Miss my mom and the way she would hold me Miss the walk home from school listening to J-pop on my ipod and the summer rains flooding storm drains and the gutters Hearing phantom footsteps outside my door like when she would peak her head in to check on my silhouette amidst the bright cyan of my phone and my monitor
A poem for Monica Perfect hair A perfect girl For perfect boy With perfect hair A rats nest in my periphery and no one can see it except for me Applying to competitive colleges and extracurricular activities and spending time with friends and IMing boys and A rats nest in my periphery and no one can see it except for me
A poem for yuri You lose the colors in your eyes The small details that throw off the heavily medicated parts of myself /// wounds The desire to Snapchat your crisscross arms as a last ditch call for help or maybe not The kind of retiscense that can spill over like an everlasting spring and make it make sense to gut yourself
Wwithout Publishing, 2020 Special thanks to Doki Doki Literature Club team for the inspiration Poems & Cover Art: Wwithout, @empty_wrists Art Credits: Monika: Tristan Bynum, @tristanbynumart Yuri: Joshua Snell, @joshuafitforbattle Sayori: Tempest Anderson, @tempest.tattooing Natsuki: Pixie Alliester, @chokecherrypixie