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 Feb 2015 Alexis Danielle
Em Rose
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 Feb 2015 Alexis Danielle
Em Rose
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I think it's cute when you cry
But I'd do anything to see you smile
 Feb 2015 Alexis Danielle
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pretty little boy
with scars on his back
and fingers running down my spine,
searching for my own crevices,
finding worse than he’s ever seen
with eyes focused straight on my skin
and hearts beating slower,
finding what we could never find
Cut open

Me

Found

The scared little girl

I didn't want

To be seen

If I'm faking

Okay

Enough

Will I be

Fine
Read top to bottom or bottom to top.
I will dye my beloved brown hair blonde for you
Stand at the mirror -
I pour down the peroxide.
Knives grate my eyes and yet
they've never felt this alive
With my wild smile and
yellow hair. No longer a cub,
but a Lioness.

I will slit my wrists in the bath for you
In any case
these full veins will only take up space.
Fumes of pink against the ceramic varnish
I smile at the sight of your blood leaving me
and this bath has never felt so like home.
Razor edge
of dampened steel
Press it down
cold blue feel

Eyes are down,
I see the mark
seeping red
crimson dark

Sad clear day
stopping time
Rest the wicked
Hear the chime
Sliced wrist to ease the pain, seeking no way out
Crash!  Boom!  Stomp!
Warlike scream bellows
Fierce knees and elbows
The Haka is the traditional dance of the Maori of New Zealand.
Death stares exchanged
Muscles spring loaded
*Explosion, slide, safe!
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