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Purity Burns

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She looked in a hazed window,

two cracks mar the frame and
dazed- her looks gave me pause,

Who are you to watch the skin split?
Eyes poised above glass

wide as I've ever seen,
    don't you have a place to be.
    
Silent the eyes spoke,
              
said wistful, purity burns.
    Why hold it to a flame?

and I told her the same
    that I'd been told before,
when pieces leak, they drip to the floor-
then the eyes close once more.
to be edited.


On self-harm.

Probably pretty obvious that the eyes are her own.
Criticizing herself.

"the eyes close once more", not necessarily death.
Just a temporary relief.
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TheWriTer999's avatar
I like it a lot, but I needed the explanation. At first I didn't really think self harm I thought for some reason more... rape. Idk why. But it's beautifully written