Blood & Tears

I once had a dream
To write it down
Trickled through my fingers like tears
Spilled on the page
Stained droplets make no sense in the sun
Though I do often wonder, where the splatter
Of blood came from

Thoughts of my beating heart
Drip, drip, drip, one word at a time
Upon this parchment, dry and cracked
To be soaked up within thin wood
Let me cry it out to the world,
“Hear the beats, of my heart!”

Ink stained fingertips mark my empty notebook
Blank pages full of dreams
Words that should have been, cover their pages in my mind
Words I would have said to you
But you would not have heard

I spread my words here for you to see
Bleed through my wounds
Blink away my tears.
Here is where I say 
I love you
Fuck you
I wish you were mine 
Yet, I’m glad you’re not. 

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