Obsession

When I was 16,
I swallowed a needle attatched to a thread.
And I stitched your name
to the bottom of my heart to remember 
for when you come back.
Because
You'll come back.
You'll come back with an ardent obsession.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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