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(Da fault)


 

 
What is da fault?
 
It's the shadow inside
 
That bubbles to my outside and
 
Blackens my face.
 
It swells under--and tightens--my skin
 
To show everyone the truth, how,
 
It was me who killed in my denial of
 
Da fault.
 
Da fault was the corruption of a dream.
 
Da fault was the fight over a hairbrush, a tarot card, an earring, my braces, her shoes,
 
a church, a bracelet, a dad, a stepdad, a father, a birthday party, a picture, a play,
 
another birthday party, a book, a room, a shower, a vacation, a crush, a friend, a bra,
 
and a pair of scissors digging into my wrist.
 
Da fault was the urgency in a smile.
 
Da fault was the disease.
 
Da fault was the way I wasted our time together
 
And how I'll never, Ever, 
 
Get it back.
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