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May 2012
The skin                 I have earned
on the edge            I have made
of my eyes             see the worth
touches tears         in my mind
as the skin             I have earned
on the edge           I have made
of my hands          that I feel
touches tears        in my mind
and it grows         (and it grows)
and it grows         (and it grows)
and it grows         (and it grows)
until all of             the blood that
you have               given to me
been ******          through a straw
inside me              into you
until all of             the blood that
you know             I don't know
what it means       in the end
to be *****            or too clean
and free                from release

to dust                  from the dirt
on the front          not the back
of my shirt           with the stain
touches tears        in my mind
as the dust            from the dirt
on the front           not the back
of my chest           with the scars
touches tears         in my mind
and it knows        (and it knows)
and it knows        (and it knows)
and it knows        (and it knows)
until all of             the blood that
you've been          give me you
dropped dead      by the warmth
in my name          that is me
until all of             the blood that
you go                  where I'm not
to the time            if there is
where the             love that stings
cosmos is             oblivion

the blood             beyond blue
on my neck          that you kissed
from the sun        and the moon
touches tears       in my mind
as the blood         beyond blue
on my wrist         that you kissed
from the moon    and the sun
touches tears       from my mind
and it goes          (and it goes)
and it goes          (and it goes)
and it goes          (and it goes)
until all of            the blood that
you turn as          I'm standing
cold as the           earth in you
ice on me             flowing over
until all of            the blood that
you throw            for the time
all your lies          create eyes
and beliefs           to be free
out to sea             you were me
Julia Low
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