The shards of what I have broken pierce my heart,
Little by little.
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We All Sink
Concrete bit into my feet as I ran across the street and away from hell. Hell chased me, with its cold, unyielding arms, its murderously unfeeling wiles. My feet began warming as the smooth blood raced to envelope my soles in its comforting thickness.
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In the rigidity of her chair she blends in, all corners and angles. Her body, a strong icy float in the vastness of the Arctic ocean. Her mind, a steely pile unreachable to the swiftest of waves. Her eyes, reminiscent of a paling blue dawn.
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Every time I hear a Bee Gees song, a warm feeling courses through me. I am taken to the back of an Audi A6, to the year 2011, on the way to karate class. I am taken back to the warmth of cornbread, breathing life into my cold hands, to the feeling of pure bliss as the car heater wiped clean the cold of my ankles. I remember drawing on the windows, tracing pictures to give form to the thoughts in my mind, appearing as intricate swirls and squiggles. I look at my sister now, wondering if she thinks the same way. Does she remember those times?
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