I was told I could break free if I wanted to. That my wings would mend with time. But how can I mend a part of me that was never built to weather a storm?
GEMMA IVERSENI strip. In low light. In the silence of my room. I strip like an act of confession. Unclothing my meticulous mind and teasing language from the vestry of my soul.
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Deep within, I still exist; a brighter, happy me. Just look beyond my outer casing.
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I sell my pain in beauty. Wrap it in words. Package it in pleasantries, and deliver it in verse.
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He loves me. He loves me not. Perhaps I’m one that fate forgot. Perhaps I wasn’t made for this, to lose myself in love’s first kiss.
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Do I need you? No. But I want you. Like the fish seek warmer waters and the birds the brighter skies.
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Guess who’s flying free now? You, a mere speck of the ground. And I, lost and found amongst the clouds.
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And if it’s true that trust, like happiness is a choice, then I’ll take this leap of faith.
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Somedays, I just need to switch it all off, and turn to the trees.
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Stay with me on this long night, til the dawn turns crow skies bright. Bring your skin to join with mine, and make in me a transient shine.
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Rise and shine, rise and shine. Fractious hope in life divine. Rise and flicker, rise and fade. Til’ death’s clasp I can’t evade.
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A seed of suspicion. A sprout of doubt. A sapling of worry. But what an oak of strength I’ve become.
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Lets conduct a study. Let’s pull up a jury. Are you a beautiful person? or inclined to wanton fury.
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I’ve brought myself back to life more times than I can remember. And when I say I brought myself back, I mean, I have clawed, clambered and coaxed myself from the precipice of self destruction.
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You’re a beautiful enigma and warmed in charming wit.
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I looked again at my new ring and in that moment all I knew, was that the greatest of adventures would be revealed in with you.
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and watch me spark like a match tossed to tinder.
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