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1 " You fear no inferno when you are born amidst flames.It’s another flesh wound, another lasting burn.Carry them with you. "
― Renee Ruin , Wounds: Volume 1
2 " My sister wrote letters to the dead and hid them in her bedroom drawers.I wrote imaginary letters in my head to living. "
3 " Oh tell me again how you are saving me.Oh tell me again how you are leaving me.Take care, sweetheart. Play fair, sweetheart.Living different lives in empty beds. "
4 " I’m dancing on land mines across your chest.Hoping high hopes I’ll trigger some "
5 " Love letters to the depressed and the future heartbrokenI’m leaving the light on in my old streetHoping I see some surrender on the other side oftownBlink twice if you can see me. Blink thrice if you need me.We’ve been walking alone for too long, putting all our rotten eggs in the same basketSkipping in the dark, singing do rei (forget) me. "
6 " Blood drips from my fingertipLike the blood that fell from your lipsBest intentions better left deadI’m laying low and your holding groundI’ve walked this road a thousand timesI get so close I think I feel, and then so swiftly I forget it allI’m scratching my fingers through the dirtI’m digging up secrets you wish you’d never heardSaying out loud what you’ve never saidTelling the truths you’ve locked away inside your headI’m licking my lips and wishing you hellI’m holding your hands and whispering farewell "
― Renee Ruin , Wounds Volume 2
7 " They say you always hurt the ones you loveWell I’m hurting and I’m all out of love "
8 " I have a penchant for broken peopleI want to see the beautiful entrails of misery inside themI want to suckle at the teat of your tearsI need to understand you so maybe I can understand meDipping my toes into the deepMaybe one day you can see how it feelsYou have the prettiest eyes, even carrying all the weightof the pain insideMy favourite flawed valentine, never mine.Imperfectly, you’re perfect.You’re the shining star in a darkened skyBut they love you more when you’re fallingYou’re burning through, you’re coming clean“I liked you better when you were sad "
9 " Sometimes you peel back the skinAnd there’s nothing but the stingI’d pin that heart of yours to my chestThat is of course, if you had one at allI cracked my rib cage right open to fit you inYou’re clawing up my legsBut baby, I’ll never let you inYou can’t trick me you snakeYou can’t lure me with that serpent’s tongueI’ll roast you with that apple in your mouthI’ll wipe my lips with the blood of your false regretTell me another pretty lieYour words are rotting, the putrid smell of distain lingersI’ve destroyed everything you’ve ever touchedI’m burning myself clean, exorcising every memoryBodies once entwined.Tell me one last pretty taleLie steady, I swear it wont hurt a bitTruth like poison, love like venom "
10 " Do tell me all about your painYour loss, your scarsDo you want to see hell?Let me show you just where I’ve been "
11 " I’m carrying scattered pieces of me across the landShifting from hand to hand trying not to hit the groundThere is no meat left on these bonesYet I’m still dragging this heart on a string in search of a home "
12 " The ringing in my earsThe ruffled sheets of someone else’s bedYour stink won’t wash offI wasn’t the only oneYou’re not the only oneJust trying night after night to find a heart that feels like home. "
13 " I’m unfinished business and business hours are over "
