black holes

black hole: a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape. 
black holes are a scientific mystery 
the skeletons of stars 
burned out 
but still taking. 
(flames eat oxygen. the dead eats light.) 
they take and they never 
give back 
no matter how much you beg 
no matter how much you 
scream. 
(i miss you.) 
do you think black holes are sad? 
they can't have anything. 
they consume it. 
(they will never know what we see in them.) 
there is a black hole 
in my 
chest. 

it wants to eat me. 

and i 
want to 
let it. 

(will that mean that my heart stops hurting?) 
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yejunee

FL

18 years old

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    nacreous shells, dying husks, 

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    meet me at the end of the world 

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    across the acid oceans 

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