13 ways of looking at 13

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When I step outside, basking in the sunlight,
I'm see-through, all these versions of me laid out in front of you,
Thirteen nights I've cried and you've finally noticed my swollen eyes,
Skinny dipping in the river, I almost drowned but you told me, my death would float,
I've stayed underwater counting the breaths I've left, thirteen breaths it took for you to come back,
You can't push someone off a cliff, you can't help someone to die, but you did just that,
I've got thirteen seconds left but I stare deep into your eyes, you hand me the knife,
Thirteen drops of blood and you say you love me, am I really so lucky?
Hospitalized, I see you down my window, jump jump jump, your voice whispers in my mind,
And from those thirteen floors, I jump, right in your arms or to the core of the earth,
Thirteen steps away you take from me, the pool of your love surrounds my body,
Thirteen scars you gave, thirteen reasons to stay, yet I watch your retreating back,
Turn around, look at me I scream but you whisper nothing back,
The remnants of your love, thirteen pieces of me lying on the earth,
But you don't come to pick them up, extend my fingers, don't touch the mirror,
It only breaks into thirteen pieces rimmed with red, just like your love. 



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