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The Knife in Your Grip

November 2, 2016
By BrookeElizabeth23 BRONZE, Chesapeake, Virginia
BrookeElizabeth23 BRONZE, Chesapeake, Virginia
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As you scream it, it appears on your body, etching its way

Into your skin

And like a sin it stains you

Engraves you

Like a knife it blades you

Onto your body you stay true

To yourself

Becasue the words you utter under your breath

Are forever

Never to accept or deny the time

You say they misheard when it's right there on your body,

Your words

And then, just like that, so is your lie

Because you try

And hide

All the times you scream neglect

And reject the power your tounge holds

Because God only knows

You wish the words that left your lips

Would rather end in a kiss

Than sunken ships

But the proof is eched all over your hips

Learn to think about the knife in your grip.


The author's comments:

If every word you said was printed on your body, would you still think you were beautiful?


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