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too hot to touch, too much to take

I’ve been burned

by fires of men

who got carried away

throwing words and

sentiments around

like arrows,

piercing feelings

deep like flesh.

I have cried

rivers running

into waterfalls

creating black

mascara mudslides

rolling down

these full cheeks,

feeble attempts

to extinguish

the blaze. But

it won’t go out.

it smolders on,

embers glowing

dangerously bright

and beautiful

and too hot to touch.

and I am left with that:

a lingering reminder

too hot to touch,

too much to take.

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