Paule Bezaire

glaring

his skin, stretched at the clavicle
                                             glaring
unapologetic
                              like the lights turn on
                            at the end of the night,
                                               grimacing

[pondering on whether this
was]
                                    better than
                              good enough
                   as good as it gets

i wanted to be loved
                                 for fucks sake -
                like a child wants
                     to be held.
                 Unconditionally.

or perhaps I just didn’t want to be
                                                     alone.

 

Paule Bezaire (she/her) is a writer and interdisciplinary artist (MFA, Goddard College, 2003), activist and clinical social worker (MSW, Smith College School for Social Work, 2020) born in Quebec, and living [in exile] in Vermont since 2000. She is fascinated by human encounters and the raw experience of the human experience. In her spare time, Paule likes to create / play, at times solo, at times with others, via multidisciplinary media.