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You Ruined the Rain For Me

I wish that I had superpowers. So that I could read your mind. I'd violate your thoughts, As you violate mine. Constantly, Incessantly; With unforgiving relentlessness. I would take control of you, And I'd make you a puppet. So that you would know how it feels To be at somebody else's mercy, Only to have the strings cut abruptly And to fall to your knees in agony at the absence of the one thing holding you steady. I would beat you senseless, From the inside out So that you would know how battered my heart has become. It's black and blue, Bleeding and limp; A carcass of the beautiful beating life that it once signified. I would force your tears, And you would drown in them. You would burn, And know how my lungs ceased and failed to function When you left me standing in the rain. My violent acts would make me a villain. But I'll tell them you're my origin story.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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Date: 2/4/2021 9:12:00 PM
Wow ~ poignant, well done. It was a pleasure to find your lovely poem in the 2020 PS Anthology. Great title, Sophie.
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Sophie Pilkington
Date: 2/9/2021 5:22:00 AM
Thank you so much! I'm so happy that you liked it! :)
Date: 1/7/2020 7:13:00 PM
This has landed smack dab on my FAV list, Sophie.
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Sophie Pilkington
Date: 1/8/2020 5:27:00 AM
Thank you so much! I was afraid to post this one. Out of every poem I have drafted, this one is the most vulnerable. Your words are kind, thank you.

Book: Shattered Sighs