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dropped dolls.

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i. like porcelain dolls, you always liked delicate things the most.
you breathed in my sea-glass ears when I asked you if that was why you chose me,
why you picked me out in a crowd of empty bodies and rosy faces.
you simply smiled and held my frail hands,
but my question was more than rhetorical.

(sometimes I think you like delicate things just because you can break them.)


iii. you were delicate in ways only I could see, with spider-web eyelashes and
piano-key fingers, rolling over my spine, creating melodies only we could hear.
your rose-petal lips screamed that you were stronger,
but inside harsh-coloured words I found your
trembling fears, bedside secrets.

(I wouldn’t have broken you, even if God himself had offered me the galaxies, like
sparkling rubies in his palm.)


v. kissing you was like inhaling heroin,
intoxicated whispers lulling me to a dreamless sleep.
and the lows are worth it for the highs, and the
tears are worth the smiles.

(we don’t quite fit society’s ideals, but I’ve always believed
two wrecked halves can make a whole.)


vii. you will forever be the boy that broke me,
and I will forever be the girl that wasn’t good enough,
that didn’t smile enough to deserve yours.
when I asked if you regretted me, you traced my lips with dry fingers.
“at least you’re pretty.”

(you always said things were prettiest when shattered.)



--
but the damage is permanent enough to inform me that
there's no going back.
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music-lover03's avatar
wow that is amazing. i love the imagery!! :O