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Submitted by imperfect on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 11:29am

No.

One universal syllable with a viscious impact. It is not spoken, but set free from my lips that were bound to your convincing blue eyes. I say no objectively. I am not lenient. I am not quivering anymore. My body is a tower with a hand-fashioned foundation and when I say no, your blue eyes turn to ice.

 

No was the heart murmur I went to the doctor to get checked out. It was my steady breathing and my shaking bottom lip. I am watching some life leave your face. Your freckles lose their color. I am watching a dominant male speciman turn in to a little boy at the one word.

 

I said no more,

And I was towering.

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Submitted by Zo-chan on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 2:30pm.

This is WONDERFUL! I love how you just sort of leave us hanging with the "And I was towering." Great! 

<3

 

 

ある所に、小さな夢がありました。誰が見たのかわからない、それは小さな夢でした -------> "Somewhere, there was a tiny dream. It was such a tiny dream that no one knew who had dreamt it..."