c'mon boy

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he said, don't cry silly girl, i will pluck your tears from your eyes like diamonds and hang them in the sky with the rest of the stars

he said, stop trembling, my hugs will hold you into place, tenderly keep your broken pieces together - the warmth of my love will ease out the cold, and i have endless jackets to pull across your shoulders

he said, don't be sad, i will i kiss you until i suffocate, i dont care, i dont need to come up for air, then he traced my scars with his fingertips and called them outlines to the art of me

he laughed in the face of my demons and called me his angel, handles my reckless mouth with rolled eyes, only to respond gently - i n e e d u -

BOY - let's let our palms k i s s as we hold hands and run off the edge of the cliff into the stars

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