Kelley Long

These tears that fall and land on my skin
are tears of love and sin.
The pain I carry in my heart
will shatter and burn all within.
...

I have not cried since the day you left,
not one single tear from these lids have crept.

At night she soothes me
...

I am a flower.
You might be able to crush me
but I will still bloom in time.
You might be able to kill me
...

If you could only see the storm raging inside of me,
maybe you could understand.
If only I could see the damage I am allowing you to cause,
maybe I could let go.
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Though it is you I love,
I must say goodbye,
Fore our love is the dangerous kind.
Stapled together,
...