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Poem Collection - MythOfHappiness - 16. Blood
I’ve been biting the inside of my cheek again.
The scars there were barely healed,
Only to be split open
The first time I saw you
It’s so soft,
And I can taste you, and blood
Copper and sunlight
Salt and sweet
And now I’m smiling at you
And you start -
“What happened?!”
Oh, nothing. Nothing at all.
“But you’re bleeding?”
And I laugh,
And wipe a little of my blood
Off the corner of your mouth
You’re sweet. It’s nothing.
“I… ok. Are you sure?”
I kiss you again
See, no blood.
Later you walk away
The day ends, you go home
You kiss me at my door because I told you too
And I don’t bleed till you’re already driving away
There is no pain,
That’s not what it’s for
There is only that leftover feeling
Of giddy-lust and other things
And the taste
Of salt and copper
To remind me
You were ever there
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