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Before you, I was
Kind, soft, believed this world had my best interest at heart,
I liked to think the colour pink and red was for hearts and lovely things
Like
Flowers and lipstickBut you, you, you
I was a wreck with you, I was sad, angry,
Jealous
I felt real wrath with you, I stopped chewing my words and spat them out
Instead,
I realised with you that pink and red were the colour
Of the marks you left on my
ThroatMaybe this part of me is something I will cherish,
That I can be soft, with eyes like honey-dew and smiles like
Soft velvet,
But my tongue is sharp now, my heart has dulled and my teeth
Are manyI used them to carve you out, didn't I?
You understand that pink and red are the colours of your teary eyes,
Of your blushed nose and wet cheeksI am you but, so, so much more horrid
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PoetryEpiphany ⇢ ❛𝘈 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.❜ ❝And even on nights when the dark becomes sticky like tar, when I wish for something to swallow me whole so I don't have to wake up the next day, I still think of you...