PREVENTION

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I am a girl
with thorns growing on my palms,
they wanted to hold my hand
saying they won't let go
while there I stood balling my hands into a fist on my side,
thorns digging into my skin,
when I denied, their heart broke
but what they didn't know was,
that I was trying to save them,
though my flesh was bleeding,
I was falling,
I needed someone to hold on to me
but in the end, I couldn't be selfish.

- she reasoned when he said, 'You can talk to me.'

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