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PearlsYou are strings of pearls that cross thresholds between worlds / Little beads of ecstasy threaded through debris / You’re a smile in the morning when the sun is fresh and bright

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SoftnessWe crave a comfort that touches us like silk / But are afraid of a softness that loosens our skin / There is safety to be found in spaces that are filled

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ScorpionEager flesh finds ways to claw in memories when nails are stripped to the skin. / Find pieces left with torn edges like tragedies but don't let your demons in. / Weave vines through your ribs and roses through your eyes, for this life you'll have to fare.

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Shackled ThoughtsYou’re all bones and no talk. / All dislocated ribs and shackled thoughts. / Contain them contain them, don’t you dare let them escape.

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Men With Your NameMen with your sort of name are dangerous. / The way each letter makes your tongue work as if it knew you would never be easy. / The way you sound sharp and ready to break me like the bones you wear.

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All Skeleton and VeinsYou’re all skeletons and veins / (or something like that) / Just a pile of bones hanging on an empty frame

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Pity Doesn't Look PrettyYou hover in the space between heaven and hell praying that if there’s a god he lets you in. / And your vain attempt at kissing darkness only gets you through this life with one foot in reality and the other foot in your grave. / Darkness doesn’t promise anything except blurred edges and escaped time and there comes a point when pity doesn’t look pretty, even on you.

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Heaven or HellI taste like heaven and hell. / Like the nightmares you had where you were left in the middle of the ocean. / Drowning

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Rocky ShoresAnd she said: / “ I have been here before / Swimming along your rocky shores.

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WallI have been told / Twice / By two different men- that I am the most defensive person they’ve ever met.

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