Thursday, January 9, 2025

Repulsion

I know you're not him.
Your touch is soft and gentle.
I want to feel it.
Embrace it.
Wrap myself in your strength
and feel my heart
beat in perfect rhythm
with yours.

But he's still there,
twisting around my body like a snake,
bitter and poisonous,
pushing me away
from the one thing
that might make me whole again.

 

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