Not My Perspective
She was always a mess
Scabs on her face
Dried blood under her fingernails
Her heart throbbed until
It crumbled
And pieces of it cluttered the floor
Like words in my mind that I wanted to say to her
But never did
Her heart used to say something
She used to be someone
But now it is broken and disorganized
Watching her fix herself
Was like watching her play scrabble
And towards the end of the game
Just when only one tile remains
She shuffles them all
Scattering letters and destroying any words that once were
I watch
She lines up the tiles
To form new words
This is my favorite part
First there was chaos
Now a new heart
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