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by
Judeth

Tonight I am dying
as every night before I've stood
alone

at this window

half hysterical from pain and fright
I believe I could
never forgive.
never forgive.

The street is glowing dully.
Artificial haloes, like rotten stars, stare up into
these hollow eyes of mine.
The hanging blinds, like prison bars, cast shadows over
these wary cat's eyes of mine

and sorrow, that darling faerie,
is barefoot in the rain.

I love the way it clings to our faces, crying:
these are the tears you never wept
you never admitted you weren't
untouchable, after all.

"We're too perfect for the daytime, sister"

"we're too broken, fragile.. strong
and that's our weakness, dearest sister.
We're too imperfect
to ever belong."

I explain,
rushing out into the darkness,
head flung up towards the sky.
I fall to my knees and find only a reflection,
dressed in white, barefoot in the rain
and once more I wonder why..
the tears will never dry on our pale faces
there's a ghost at the window again..

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