[ destroy the destructive ]

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she held his face in the hard dirt;

the sun above couldn't save their souls or their bodies from this.

she heard his words;

they came from her mouth every morning,

matched the red crescents in her palms and

fit her like a golden crown on a ruthless monarch.

"i hurt what hurt me,"

she whispered, her voice

like the edge of razors that cut too deep,

when they asked her why.

in her eyes, the world burned

and her knuckles, though white as ghosts,

were the flames that made the ashes.

the boy cries, still -

pleading sorry for his wrongs

but they were forced out,

dripping with panic and

adrenaline.

"liar," she quips.

the thunder snaps at the ground not far from them.

not from you,

can the words

that pierce me

ever be said.

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