Discarded - Anaya R Castillo

good for one thing like a pomegranate

take all the seeds out of me

Savory and sweet

Satiating their pleasure

As they turn mine into pain

I'm the leader of my own suffering

I stand front row and watch them

Peel the layers of my flesh back

Salvaging the taste of me

As if I were only just a body

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Anaya Castillo is a senior at UAlbany. She loves to write as a form of expressing past and or present emotions. Like an artist, it’s her way of showcasing who she is, but with a pen instead of a paintbrush.