Frostbite

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The purple pen they hold in their hand
Keeps in time with the tarnished, black-metaled, red handed, unnapealing clock at the back of the room

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The purple pen they hold in their hand
Keeps in time with the tarnished, black-metaled, red handed, unnapealing clock at the back of the room

Click clack
Tik tok
Click clack
Tik tok

There is a burning echo in my head
Get help
Get help

Searing my flesh horribly
My mind is flailing

Bring water I call
Bring help

No one comes

Move 
Get help
Get help

She skipped across the stage, flouncing with energy

Dancing and flipping through the air like a bird

Then turning, giving a small curtsy, and strutting off stage proudly

She lives in her work

My friend and I walk to Starbucks,
two miles away and we are dripping sticky sweat by the time we get there.
We go unnoticed,
laughing, talking loudly, bright colorful clothes.
A few glances.
No one cares.

Love is love
Hope is hope
Religion is religion
Skin is skin
Hair is hair
Dreams can come true
Wishes are heard
You can't put me down
I matter
You matter
It is what it is
And you need to accept it