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18/10/24

 


I came back to you today

feeling the curls
on the edges of
your pages,

where i've read you
backwards and
forwards

even upside down
hidden away
in my duvet

feeling past tears,
drunk saliva and
faded blood
blotches,

how they've
hardened your
chosen font as
it lays buried in
each paper I
turn over.


I came back to you today

knowing not much
can really console
this strange brain

how it rages daily
on both sides of
my temples,

I carefully focus
on every word
as fingers run
through jet
black hair

like a secret pact
only a few of us
know about.


I came back to you today

knowing my fog
becomes so thick

it requires
truth for lips

struggling not to
press themselves
against cold bottles

and hands
struggling not
to make bad
decisions.


I came back to you today

because you say it
exactly how it is

there's no heroes
for people like us
in these situations

only ourselves,

no flowers
no bollocks.
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