#23: TREE―WOUNDS

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I WANT YOU TO TELL ME ABOUT EVERY PERSON YOUVE EVER BEEN IN LOVE WITH TELL ME WHY YOU LOVED THEM THEN TELL ME WHY THEY LOVED YOU TELL ME ABOUT A DAY IN YOUR LIFE YOUR DIDNT THINK YOUD LIVE THROUGH TELL ME WHAT THE WORD BELONGINGNESS MEANS TO YOU AND TELL ME IN A WAY THAT ILL KNOW MY MOTHERS NAME JUST BY THE WAY YOU DESCRIBE YOUR BEDROOM WHEN YOU WERE EIGHT I WANT TO KNOW THE FIRST TIME YOU FELT THE WEIGHT OF HATE AND IF THAT DAY STILL TREMBLES BENEATH YOUR BONES DO YOU PREFER TO PLAY IN PUDDLES OF RAIN OR BOUNCE IN THE BELLIES OF SNOW AND IF YOU WERE TO BUILD A SNOWMAN WOULD YOU RIP TWO BRANCHES FROM A TREE TO BUILD ITS ARMS OR WOULD YOU LEAVE IT ARMLESS FOR THE SAKE OF NOT HARMING THE TREE AND IF YOU WOULD WOULD YOU NOTICE HOW THAT TREE WEEPS FOR YOU BECAUSE YOUR SNOWMAN HAS NO ARMS TO HUG YOU EVERYTIME YOU KISS HIM ON THE CHEEK DO YOU KISS YOUR FRIENDS ON THE CHEEK DO YOU SLEEP BESIDE THEM WHEN THEYRE SAD EVEN IF IT MAKES YOUR LOVER MAD DO YOU THINK THAT ANGER IS A SINCERE EMOTION OR JUST THE TIMID MOTION OF A FRAGILE HEART TRYING TO BEAT AWAY ITS PAIN I WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF YOUR FIRST NAME AND IF YOU OFTEN LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT AND IMAGINE YOUR FATHERS JOY WHEN HE SPOKE IT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME I WANT YOU TELL ME ALL THE TIMES YOUVE BEEN UNKIND TELL ME ALL THE TIMES YOUVE BEEN CRUEL I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF YOUR LIFE YOU SPEND GIVING AND IF YOU LOVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO ALSO RECIEVE SOMETIMES I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU BLEED THRUGH OTHER PEOPLES WOUNDS I WANT TO KNOW YOU I KNOW THAT THIS IS SO STUPID AND LAME AND WORTHLESS BUT I WANT TO KNOW YOU I WILL GIVE ANYTHING JUST TO SPEND A SECOND WITH YOUR ATTENTION ON MINE JUST PLEASE

{he wants you to stay.}

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