how can i stay
at this very spot
where it hurts so much
for me to just be
where i hurt her
and she hurts me
and we hurt each other
neither held down nor free

how can i go
to where she is not
a place beyond the end
black as black is
where dying things live
with wounds that never mend

01/18/2008

Posted on 01/18/2008
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