153 | i run my hands

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I run my handsdown the cracksof my own skin—the once fragile faceI wore is not marredwith scars and burnsfrom my yearsunder the stars—I look into the mirrorto see myself matchingthe shards in ituntil I realize I'm flawedand always have been

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I run my hands
down the cracks
of my own skin
—the once fragile face
I wore is not marred
with scars and burns
from my years
under the stars—
I look into the mirror
to see myself matching
the shards in it
until I realize I'm flawed
and always have been

After a long while
of being left and worn down
by selfish people who
can't spare a thought
about me—I realize now—
I'm broken and there's
nothing on earth
that can fix me

I try to look for the solution
for that missing piece
in my own puzzle
—I never did find it—
I start to wonder if it
exists at all
There's no fixing
people who are flawed
—we just carry on living—
the blood from our torn soles
and the spirit from our shorn souls
trail from behind us

After a long while
I run my hands over
my ebbing skin
—feeling the prickles
of memory from
the moments that were—
then I smile at the mirror
matching the scars in my face
because now I realize
I'm flawed and there's
nothing that can fix me

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