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Your outstretched arm And kind eyes Draw me in Not back to a place of love But instead to your construction of pain And hurt And blame Where it's apparent that the olive branch Held between your fingertips Is twined with barb In my bleeding palm
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Feb 22, 2015
Feb 22, 2015 at 2:42 AM UTC
olive branch
Your outstretched arm And kind eyes Draw me in Not back to a place of love But instead to your construction of pain And hurt And blame Where it's apparent that the olive branch Held between your fingertips Is twined with barb In my bleeding palm
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Feb 22, 2015
Feb 22, 2015 at 2:42 AM UTC
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