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Navy & Pink


I don't pick my favorite colors. They pick me. They cling to my skin, they go under my scalp, they find those little spots under my fingernails that become tender and raw when I bite them and that's where they burrow. They know their way around. They root themselves on the inside of my identity, of my body, then blossom in my eyes, tinting everything because they've tainted me. They take their territory. They take my personality. Each new shade rocks and rolls my world on it's back and side and stomach. It's personal. You think I was born like this? Everything they tell you about colors is wrong. Innocence, more often than not, is bleach to the soul.
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Hi! My name is Elizabeth Davenport, and I'm a college student who loves all things language, no matter what language it is! I'm probably reading, writing, or dancing in the rain right now. I'm a featured poet, Aura, on diesandnoctis.com (go check them out: they're great!), and use the names E.D., Elie Dav, and Elizabeth Davenport when posting my own.

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