My skin holds echoes of you; in every line, you used to trace and empty space you used to fill.
ALMA-MAY NOAAnd all I wish is that your happiness would reach beneath the surface of your skin, grow deep roots, and bloom.
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And I’m bruised but never broken.
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Reflected eyes held pain from too many vain attempts to find love in other people.
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Walls and brick have never felt like home, the way your gentle bones do.
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I breathe in the first glimmers of freedom – it tastes of sweet hopefulness.
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Tears like flame slide down my skin, they burn like the memory of you.
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You were consumed in running away from yourself, and I was just another way for you to get lost.
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Although my heart has broken a thousand times, it has never lost its capacity for love.
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Wanting you has been a thirst I have not been able to quench.
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To be looked at and not found wanting —how beautiful to be enough.
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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 push through the shadows to find you, immerse me in the light of your soul.
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I constantly wonder if I’m enough, do you? Tell me I’m not alone in my insufficiency.
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Hold me even closer than your shadow holds the dark; leave me in no doubt your arms are home.
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I breathe out light pleasing, soft, and warm – I’m still learning to breathe out fire.
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Shadows may haunt your steps, but you will keep walking.
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