golden

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I should've known. The way my skin glowed and glistened beneath the sun, as if I was made of pure gold.

The way my eyes could deceive, the stories they held, the fear that was swarming just below the surface.

My hair shouldn't have sparkled and my face shouldn't have looked so young.

Girls shouldn't have worshipped me and women shouldn't have hated me.

Men shouldn't have stared so long, like they were transfixed and stuck in a daze, too terrified to utter a word.

The world around me should've been a mess, not a perfect coincidence.

The sun shouldn't have warmed me as much as it did.

I shouldn't have yearned for mother nature the way I did, my breathing wasn't supposed to be easier in the wind.

None of it was right, none of it was normal, and yet, I was enamored with myself.

Not out of selfish fascinations, out of pure magic, magic too powerful for even myself.

I should've known.

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*Started 2/12/23