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hyperion*
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April 15, 2015 10:26pm UTC

i fumble my hands,
i try not to pick at my nails.
i am still wearing your nail polish,
and i'm scared that if i scratch it off,
it'll really be the end.
you do not look at me,
no one looks at me.
in a sea of people i call my friends,
i am surrounded by cliffs which
rip holes in the sides of my ship.
in a sea of people i call my friends,
i am alone.
i scrape the red off my nails,
and clean the blood off my nailbeds,
my fingertips still shaking.
i am no longer wearing your nail polish,
you are no longer mine to laugh with.

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hyperion*
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November 2, 2014 2:57pm UTC

thirteen years old
backpack heavy
palms sweaty
gripping the key tightly as i try to unlock the door
before anyone sees
a young girl alone on the street
nineteen years old
heels in hand
palms sweaty
gripping the key tightly between my knuckles
ready to lunge at the itchy hands that try to grab me
as i walk through dark alleys back to the dorm
twenty-seven years old
heart pounding
palms sweaty
gripping the key tightly as i sneak out of the apartment before dawn
before he wakes up and
sheds more bruises on me that no one else will see
fourty years old
voice shaky
palms sweaty
gripping the key tightly as i pass my daughter her first house key
and i hope that she won't need to shift it between her fingers as she walks home
or rush to lock her doors
and i hope it won't leave her palms sweaty with the fears of everything i have seen

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