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Romanticization of an Abusive Relationship

To love a man that gives you the moon and all of the constellations,

                      this gift, I did not receive.

 

Instead, I loved a man who could create skies of jade and violet among any area of his choosing with his own bare hands.

 

To love a man that gives you a bouquet of twelve burgundy roses,

                     this gift, I did not receive.

 

Instead, I loved a man who could produce a field of golden pansies atop my right cheek with his own fingertips.

 

To love a man that gives you a kiss beneath a lantern string of lights,

                     this gift, I did not receive.

 

Instead, I loved a man who could shoot the most colorful of fireworks and streamers from the booming sound of his own voice.

 

To love a man that gives you a floral path from the door to a candle-lit room,

            this gift, I did not receive.

 

Instead, I loved a man who could toss a book through the air and before it struck my skin, it would burst into pink rose petals with a clap from

the same bare hands that painted me jade and violet skies.

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kelsey-nicole
Published
Mar 21, 2015
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