Trapped
Unkissed lips
Lie, saying you don’t know
Love and pain.
You smile at them
As your teeth fall out
Little pieces of ivory
Hit and shatter on the ground.
But you know.
You fought the Nazis
With your arms weak as dough,
Opened your mouth to scream
Mouthing cries no one could hear,
You've watched the one you love
Love another, leaving you behind.
They exchanged your eyes for
Marbles and filled them
With the ocean they
they say they'er your tears.
You sit now in the corner
With sea draining down your face
Unkissed lips laughing
Nazis jeering
Your paper skin has torn
Rose buds fall as blood
You’re trapped inside
Another’s world
All humanness is gone.
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