tbh with my body

I hated you

in highschool. You didn’t look like

anyone else; you were awkward,

uncomfortable underneath your skin.

I really, really hated you

for what you did to me in social

situations, the way you looked to me

to somehow save you from yourself.

I realize

my soul is shallow to judge you by my eyes;

I need to give you the grace you give me,

carrying me, broken, through this broken life.

Molly Murray

Molly Murray is the author of Today, She Is (Wipf & Stock, 2014) and the Outdoor Editor of Panorama: the Journal of Intelligent Travel. Her poetry, stories and essays are published widely in places including Litro, Ruminate, Panorama, Third Wednesday, The Wayfarer, The Windhover, Fearsome Critters and The Curlew; one of her poems was nominated for a 2019 Pushcart prize. She earned her MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow and a certificate in YA Fiction and Poetry at the University of Oxford Summer School.