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Candles
Take me 
 
 and break me 
 
 with those hands of yours
 
 so rough so calloused
 
 on my sallow skin
 
 because I just want
 
 you to touch me
 
 just touch me
 
 enlighten me
 
 set fire crackers off on my skin
 
 let me be myself again
 
 and I’ll be ok
 
 ok
 
 ok
 
 ok
 
 but no matter how I say it
 
 those words don’t sound right
 
 from this mouth of mine
 
 that cannot even breathe
 
 like a fire that slowly
 
 died
 
 
 
 away

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