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1 " So easily I trustletting my petals drop,leaving me so vulnerableand you so deplorable,and still I love and loveand love… "
― Ruth Boukhari , Forlorn
2 " But I feel these chains tightenas I disappear in another disease of the heart,a love that should never be and will never beand could never be, and yet that familiar shiverchases my skin and my eyes see only him. "
3 " Look at the stars,look at the moon streaked in the water,look at the Picasso face in the skythat breathes the words of Lorca on the cheeksof the crossed ones who long to touch,too confused to wander. "
4 " This is the part. The part that feelslike a piece of me dies every timeI have to leave him.You see, I know what I haveand for a while I won’t have it;the only person on this earthwho understands my quietness,who understands my innate sadness,and never asks me the dreaded questions;“What is wrong with you?Why aren’t you talking?”Because he just… gets it.And lets me be this melancholic thingwhile assuring me thatwherever his heart is beating in this world,it will always be beating in unison with mine. "
5 " I willed that star to fallso you would swallow itand I will recognise youwith your glowing bellyand declare that you are mine. "
6 " Undeadvampire isnot evil, just hungryfor a lover with brown curls who willnot die. "
7 " My never-ending pursuit of pain-avoidanceultimately leadsto replacing one hurt with another.Unruly pleasureleads to bitter rage.And these lessons I cannot learnfrom beloveds who becomeso cavalier. "
8 " Along my lips my blood does weepas I mourn the love that kissed me deep,’twas not enough to make my heart melt—he has to use it to gloss his lips like diamonds,diamonds they were when they kissed minewounding lacerations and slices the like.But I don’t shine; I don’t speakand see this heart? It no longer beats. "
