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Red Paint
On the walls there is red paint
Imitating blood
In my mind
I think of yours
Falling from our fingertips
After you sliced through your skin.
On my hands there is red paint
Imitating blood
In my mind
I think of mine
When I too
Slit my fingerprint
So ours would match
But now I realize
We are still
Of a different identity.
On the walls there is red paint
Imitating blood
In my mind
I look at my face
Speckled with red
I try to wipe it off
But you are stuck to me
And now your blood
Is in mine.
Your mother asked
Where you found the razor
You did not know
But we did
And instead said
We did not know
She was scared
And we were
Because now
We share blood
But still
On the walls is red paint
On my hands there is red paint
On my face there is red paint
But in my heart
Is your blood
So I am in love.

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I wrote this piece when I remembered a memory in which my best friend and I wanted to share blood, so at a very young age I believe 7 or 8, we cut open our fingers and pressed them together. We thought this would make us more connected, together one, when really it was incredibly unsanitary and dangerous. I threw in aspects of childhood like secrets, connection, and emotion. I related that memory to my life now. The desire to have that same connection with someone in this life where you are one, yet bonded by emotion.