370

it was friday the 13th.

everything was normal.

we got sent home.

didn't come back.

i can only breathe in smoke and toxic fumes

because that is what i'm used to.

i can't say a word. 

it's been 370 days.

What we said and did that day was unbelievable.


 
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IceGalaxy

VA

17 years old

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  • Poetry

    By IceGalaxy

    ?

    was it easy for you to love 

    me? i’m not asking about the good days, i’m asking about

    the whole time period in which i

    was allowed in your life.

    was i easy to love? but please,

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  • Poetry

    By IceGalaxy

    the glass child

    i am everything i was ever supposed to be

    i am perfection embodied into a 

    comprehensible human form. i sit poised, 

    back perfectly straight as i overlook my domain

    the life i curated for myself. everything is

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