so confused on how someone can make you feel like everything but then again make you feel like nothing
we live in a home built off black and white
there is no gray, no area in between
only the very dark parts that rip me apart, tear up my insides, and leave me distraught
then again there is the light that fills my body with joy, cast beams of sulfate onto my skin,
leaving me whole once again
but in this world the dark tends to cast over the light far too often
the light for she only comes in waves, and one cannot wait along for frequencies to pass by
the darks reappearance is speaking to us, calling our names, sucking us into its black hole
caught in a landslide I don’t think it’s possible to climb out
so we shall sink
into the depths of our cave
buried in obscurity and despair

Bailey Gausling

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Bailey Gausling (she/her), more commonly known as Kitty Bailey, is a queer poet, multimedia artist, and songwriter from Las Vegas, Nevada. She recently moved to New York City to further pursue her career. She has her Associate of Arts degree in creative writing, is the winner of the Disrupción Records ‘FEELS’ Songwriting competition for the song, “What If You Fly” available on all streaming platforms. Her art can be found and bought via Instagram @kittyskreations_. Her passion for writing stems from her certainty in the power of words in hopes that they touch the minds and hearts of others.