bruise

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when i ask
"how are you?"
i mean
"are you okay?"
and when you say
"i'm fine"
you mean
"no"
and everything has become
"something, but"
and the one
that hurts the most is
"i love you, but"
and i wish
your words
didn't feel like punches
to my gut
and i wish
i could breathe again.

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