She is you

She waited for him for hours she lost moments of her life for him and where was he? he wouldn't say She hated him for days she lost sleep out of disgust for him and how did he sleep? she'd never know She wasted away for months she never regained her taste for cigarette smoke or the sun beneath her skin and what was he doing? he couldn't even remember But she could never forget... She remembered her name for years it came to her in nightmares She remembered exactly how many tears fell on her bruised knees from her blue betrayed eyes She knew he didn't know the hurt he couldn't imagine what it felt like to die She knew that he would never know since "he has no heart... he's not a girl" And yet, she still found the strength inside herself the kind of strength that's an endless blue -- a blinding white the kind that pulsates as it expands and doesn't crackle when it hardens She found the strength to forgive him because She was cosmic for a minute she was held between his arms and where was he? exactly where she was She was small for a second she was jumping from her lips to his and what was he doing? building a paper house inside her chest

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