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Jun 2021
I tattoo your name on my arm

as if I am scared that time may
erase it from my memory

as if flesh speaks louder
than a heart that beats

to the rhythm of fractured souls

your name -
I will bury in my skin forever

long after you have forgotten
how to form the sound of mine
Emma Elisabeth Wood
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Emma Elisabeth Wood  F/UK
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