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Osteogenesis imperfecta

Don't ever get used to the person you love

Be amazed every day at their hand in yours

There are bones in that hand, strong yet fragile bones

And they're wrapped around yours, your bones

Strong yet fragile

And you've had those same bones for a very long time

So long that you've grown used to them

You've grown with them

Because for a very long time they were all you had

But now they grip onto another hand

Another set of bones

And ohmygod they'rereallythere

In your hand

And you don't know these bones as well as you ignore your own

So marvel at them everyday

For as long as it's taken you to know your own

Because that hand full of bones is just a fraction of what you love

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Mar 28, 2012
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