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You criticised the way I write
with words
spread out
like this
and I
I wondered if you were, for once,
saying something right.
But I deserve
to take up
space
my words deserve
to fill a page
I hope they cover
continents
one day.
with words
spread out
like this
and I
I wondered if you were, for once,
saying something right.
But I deserve
to take up
space
my words deserve
to fill a page
I hope they cover
continents
one day.
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Paper-Thin Promises
the first time I caught sight of your
glistening, marble eyes,
I decided you disgust me.
I hate you the way I hate perfection:
merciless, like the snap of mantis jaws.
every fact of you is pretentious,
held high like you raise a middle finger.
You, the artist, always sculpting things,
tried to squeeze my malleable heart like white clay
and stash it in your pocket to rattle with stones.
paint me an unflinching self portrait, my dear:
this skyscraper of a boy shaking with anticipation
to build and destroy, build and destroy.
you sink in tooth and talon at first mention of beauty,
love-biting Aphrodite as though you were equals.
you're a statu
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things
i hope you realize
the light you saw in my eyes
was nothing but your own reflection
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3.
When you asked me to strip,
we both had a different understanding
of what you meant.
See, I thought
you wanted me to peel away
the layers of who I was
so you could see what
lay beneath.
As you watched,
I shed the confidence
that clung to me like a second
skin and showed you the insecurity
that was underneath.
I cut away my determination,
leaving in its place the self-doubt
that ate away at me everyday.
I ripped off the laughter
that covered my soul
in an effort to hide the
uncertainty of who I was.
I shrugged out of my ambition,
displaying for you the meekness
that was carved inside.
I stood in front of you then,
baring my soul and
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This is beautiful! I love it! 