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Memories MAG
Photograph jumps unexpectedly 
 from the page
 Bitter memory previously admired by
 a younger version of
 myself
 Cried over in days
 now regretted
 Hidden needles act as daggers
 Piercing what I thought was a healed abrasion
 Drawing blood through bandages
 Unwittingly applied
 I flip the page
 The image lingers for a moment
 and eventually subsides
 I continue on
 relieved
 But nonetheless on guard
 Until, not surprisingly
 You appear once more
 This time not alone
 Beside you sits a girl,
 ignorant happiness
 reflected in her eyes
 How it was the day
 before
 my smiles turned to lies
 I shudder
 closing the book
 Wincing at the pain
 of my scars
 Ripped open to create a new wound

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