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Under My Skin

April 25, 2012
By nikkiee PLATINUM, St. Johns, Other
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Favorite Quote:
Its all for love, L.O.V.E ~Michael Jackson

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It hurts to be happy.
Letting go of your pain
Is like plucking
Shards of glass
From my skin.
Knowing it has to be done,
But wondering;
Would it be easier to
Leave them there?
Bury your pain
In scar tissue?
To let myself
Drag my fingertips
Over your hurt,
Pretending I can still
Take it away?

© Xiao H., Naperville, IL

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