before i was yours (September 19, 2019)

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There is no getting rid of you
Everywhere I go I am reminded 
Of you
Of what you did
I see you in the faces
Of children
Free and careless
Something you stole from me
I taste you in the 
Liquid
That I tried to drown you with
But you never sank
I hear you in the silence
When darkness surrounds me
And it is only me
And my nightmares
I smell you on my clothes
A staun I could never get out
Despite the fire I 
Burned them in
And I feel you all around
Every sudden movement
Every delicate touch
Every burning stare
It’s you
Claiming what you
Labeled 
Yours
You are everywhere 
Yet you are so far away
I long for a day to remember 
What it was like
Before I was yours

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