To be looked at and not found wanting —how beautiful to be enough.
ALMA-MAY NOAAnd still, she longs for love, when all she knows of it, is how much it scars.
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And when I lie broken with my face pressed to the earth – I will look to the cloudless sky, and reach out for it once more.
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I see the pain you hide inside you, those shadows that haunt your eyes, let tears of liquid darkness flow until space is made for light.
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And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
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In the pause between your breaths and the space between your heartbeats, I think I heard forever.
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I breathe in the first glimmers of freedom – it tastes of sweet hopefulness.
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I am slowly cutting you out of me, piece by aching piece.
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This heaviness inside my bones tells me, I still carry the weight of loving you.
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See the wonder that exists all around you – and know that you belong.
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Broken wings may be grounded now, but they will taste freedom again.
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And still, she longs for love, when all she knows of it, is how much it scars.
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I breathe out light pleasing, soft, and warm – I’m still learning to breathe out fire.
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All the scars I hide fearfully, you see; counting them carefully with your lips, and telling me they are beautiful.
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I want to lay down spread out and be the one to fill all the spaces empty – and occupied by her.
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My skin holds echoes of you; in every line, you used to trace and empty space you used to fill.
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And every breath without you is torture, but at least I can finally breathe again.
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