Touch the Sky

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i spent a lot of time
searching for affection
in shallow spaces

i give people tiny bits of me
they didn't deserve
and i let myself be hurt,
because i thought
that's what i deserved

but once i let go
of trying to shove puzzle pieces
in places that did not fit
once i let go of all the hate
i secretly had stored in the
gashes that decorate my heart

i met you
-m.k