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Aeden Romeyn @pyrophobicpoet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A poem I wrote about turning 26 and realizing you didn’t grow up too early—you just skipped key developments and now have to make up for lost lessons #poetry #poetrycommunity #mentalhealth #writing #writingcommunity #writesky #poemsky #booksky

HAND-ME-DOWNS

Thirteen yesterdays ago
I thought I was grown

I wore ripped jeans and open wounds
Tearing at the seams from the
Kind of wisdom and rage that
Should only come with age

I was desperate to escape
That cage constructed from
My skin and bones

Thirteen tomorrows have passed
Since then and now I’m twenty-six
Still feeling like a little kid

Wearing clothes far too big for me
Stomping in my mother’s shredded shoes
And my father’s cigarette-scented coat
All this time, playing dress-up with ghosts

I think I died thirteen years ago today
And have only just begun to grieve

All these fading hand-me-down scars
No longer fit me like they used to

Knightly reads @knightlyreads.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Wow...have you beta read it?

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