Sometimes,
I find myself drowning
Even before I turn the shower on.

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I was never warned
that under an umbrella
storms never stop.

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I close my eyes
And play with my hair
Trying to replicate how
He messed with my hair
And my heart before.

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I'll stop you never
From chasing the sun
But when you feel
That the light glares too much
Turn around to me
To the shadow watching your back.

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In peeling my layers,
take your time,
for I am a curse
waiting to be unwrapped.

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In front of me again
Was she this morning.

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Let me strip
words of essence
and stitch them
to clothes
for my soul
is bared
waiting for
shelter in poems.

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He fed me
poison
and watched me
slowly rot,
little did he know,
rotten soul
can grow
wild flowers.

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you know
how to make
a grand exit

by taking
summer
with you.

©ariachez
mar302018

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I have stories
Written under sleeves.

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