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Dawn eases the nightmares from my skin,
Closes my eyes with whispered assurances
Telling me I imagined the dark circles under my eyes,
Scribbled t..
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You numbered my ribs like stars
Traced love letters up and down my spine
After they painted bruises across my cheeks
You watched me undress with ..
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Blue leaks in through the cracks,
The darkest ink
I use it to spell out histories and faded wishes
And the dreams that set me twitching and fig..
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Casual, your hands on my back, arms
Idle on my legs, twining in my hair
Thoughtless and innocent
Burnt sugar, fractured at the lightest touch
Su..
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Impassable roads,
It snows for days until the physical is frozen and fragile,
Lipstick lips condemned for being too tangible,
Legs too bare and n..
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There are tripwires and landmines embedded in my overexposed head,
Drunk and drowning in corrosive memories
That play out and fade into a paralyzi..
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Indebted, obligatory smiles, guilty concessions to your touch
I fold under the pressure of you
Unable to comply with the prescribed ideal, to feel i..
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Here in this place
With the birds and the twilight tinted summer breeze
And the sunlight that combs through the strands of your hair
Our eyes close..
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We tried to drink the entirety of the ocean
To bleach our stained skin with starry eyed stares
Seeking a shared breath, we stole each other's air
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Tangled, a knot I couldn't disassemble
You are wrapped around my fraying threads
Forced yourself to be a part of me through proximity
You integrat..
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