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Burnt

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Burnt

9/25/2012

years ago,
i was
marinated
in a bitter
liquid
that bit
at my
brain.
it left
sores,
now
scarred
but still
itchy,
festering,
&
infected.

i was
breaded
in
baking soda
then
dipped in
vinegar,
just
to make
the Devil
laugh.

happy
to
oblige.

before,
i was
just
bleached.
now i
am burnt.
my skin
peels back
to reveal
newborn
flesh,
weak
&
succeptible,
exposed
&
inviting
all
bacterium
in.

the tests
all come
back
inconclusive,
my diagnosis
cunningly
evades
idenitification,
like a well-read
shape-shifting
chameleon,
an instinctual
master of
disguise.

I.

I.

I ...

i have
to bite
my nails
down to
the quick
or else i
can't stop
myself from
picking at
these
old scabs.

i'm molting,
i sense
that soon
i'll abandon
my pupal stage,
and morph,
maybe not
into the
gossamer butterfly
everyone expects,
but hopefully
into something
with wings,
hopefully
something
that can lift away
& stop getting
burnt by
these
chemical
ashes.
weeeeeeeeeeeee
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P4NTHERA's avatar
very visual and inspiring :D you're awesome :D