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9 Crimes

Posted on September 21, 2018January 18, 2019 by Torrey

Wherein I am found

to be lacking

scruples

of the sort

to which they 

are accustomed.

I would drown you,

still even now

if my hands could

grasp your throat.

Push you under so quickly,

your eyes wouldn’t register

the change of medium,

until the sting of the water

screamed for you to close them.

Push you under,

and pull myself close to your chest.


We used to talk about synchronized

deaths

in our sleep.

When I laid there pouring,

night terrors still

holding my heart captive.

I’d forgive you the instant

after.

No bad blood

between distant lovers.

Those old scars,

won’t ever heal,

but you could trace them with your hand

once again.

This section is my weakness, and my

undying loyalty

to those who hurt me.

It means nothing anymore.

Shadows of my self,

echoes i don’t really hear. 

Self-contained

mad-

ness

and never 

forgotten fears.


Nine Crimes,

all of them yours.

I still hold that pain.

It’s heavy

and molded to me

 so closely.

I can’t help but feel

that without it,

I am nothing again.

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