Even when I bathe in rosewater and wear dewdrops like a string of pearls I will never be able to make myself clean enough or pretty enough to sleep in between my bedsheets.
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It’s ironic hat I was always made fun of for being weightless because when I drowned it was my weight that pulled me away.
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I want to be light enough to dance on the surface of the river, but heavy enough to fall into its embrace. At least the currents won’t let me go the way you did.
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