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desert.

Familiar.

The unraveling of my heart.

Unsteady in conversation

Connection

Because i don't know

If it's you

If it's me

Words spill me out

They prick my fingers

They weep across the page

i think my paragraphs

are your sentence

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afflictedwords

desert.

Familiar.

The unraveling of my heart.

Unsteady in conversation

Connection

Because i don't know

If it's you

If it's me

Words spill me out

They prick my fingers

They weep across the page

i think my paragraphs

are your sentence

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addicted.

i mourn you

while you breathe

next to me

the life you left

unlived

the moments

you've missed

i mourn your color

your potential

the sparkle

in your eye

i've braced you

but now I need to

let you go

you're now 

your own net

your own best friend

may he keep you

safe

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coughing.

i let you go today

and i meant it

i did not shed

A tear

you buried me

in dirt filled

with empty words

dusty repentance

thick indifference

but i choked on through

you

murdered me

but i will forever

float with you

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afflictedwords

fervor.

In the tipsy dew of morning, I find your skin beneath my sheets. I move your name nimbly across my tired lips. I feel your hands tangle in my hair. And I fall, through sentences, into you. I let you have me, even the saddest parts. I weep for my unknowing wanting of you, of this, of the dissolving space between our hearts.

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clenching.

i make out

your shadow

in the distance

i feel you

in my stomach

trench

it hollows

with the sound

of your

name

a ghost

of purple

flowers

softened

and milked

of appetite

pounded into

the steel of cement

i can smell

you

the rancid

rotting of

a life

the fear crawling

your veins

with 

old news

old faces

old strange

pretending

To Smile

how heavy

are your feet?

how free?

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afflictedwords

warp speed.

Split fucking open

That's the only way

Roasting in the sweat filled nights

Ghosts through the creaky

Halls

In my head

Clicking and stomping

Their feet

Folding me into myself

Pushing him away

The darkness is coming

I'm pulling it in

Until the covers are my home

The light, execution of comfort

I pull at the carpet

I scream without noise

I try to say

What I mean

But I never can

I never can.

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afflictedwords

convictions.

i've just been biding my time

for this

for you

building up points

in my salted sheets

in my lurid darkness

in my quiet desperations

all for that moment

in the morning

when the sun creeps

Across your skin

and i feel you next to me

i breathe my first open

Breath

i thank you

for your meaning

for your soul

for Your story

for that look you give me

for the feeling that

i am for You

and i've never

been for anyone

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i love you

is a feeling not

a timeline

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Prose Challenge of the Week #24: Using a minimum word count of 10, maximum word count of 250, Write a piece about GREED. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
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afflictedwords

The gluttony of my heart when I cannot get enough of you. The waves of solid, steady feelings when it all seems too much. The rise of your chest when my head rests against it. The way I hear only you in a crowded room and our eyes meet, alone. I want for you in my morning sun and in between breaths.  And for once, I welcome my greed.