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Ghost

by xok

Tiny wrists. Tiny rivers of blue. Translucent. I'm thinking about making myself a home Beneath your pale skin. I'd float along your lazy blue river Until I make my way to your ghost chest And burrow myself a tunnel Deep inside your heart. Light myself a campfire, And pitch a tent. Looks like I'm gonna be here for a while. I am rocked to sleep with each beat: Onetwo. Onetwo. Onetwo. And my heart-house dreams Intermingle with yours. Maybe if we dream hard enough, We can create a world of our own. Where red blood cells sing like angels Housed in four chapel-chambers, And each artery stretches up far Like a rainforest canopy Riddled with exotic capillary-flowers. Can we be safe here? The heart has tender walls But it is a soldier. Though it may be kicked down, It forges on And picks itself right back up again. Always beating, Always winning. Your heart is a soldier. A fighter. A protector. I think I feel safe, For the first time in a long time, Within the home I've made for myself Inside of who you are.
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Mar 28, 2014
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LDR life.

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