liabilities

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i suppose i was always teetering at the edge.

all i needed was one push, to send me tumbling off the cliff.

normality, if that's what you can even call it, was a thing taken for granted.

i had a best friend, Jem.

i had a life.

i had normality.

had.

and then she came.

dark, caramel skin, buttery tones that only existed in the natural world.

a rich seductive voice, that melted over you, smooth like honey.

long, flowing hair the color of burnished bronze, scented with the faintest jasmine.

slim, she cut a lithe figure, with thigh gaps the twenty first century lusted after.

feminine sexualization at it's finest, the girl that the public likes to see.

the girls that are jems type.

jem, i loved from afar, and though we were close, it felt like we were miles away.

for him, i was platonic.

for me, he made my heart burst into flames.

raw, uncontainable flames, that burnt me every time i got too close.

this was my beginning.

this was my end.