For herself,
she writes
She pens
on her palmyra heart
ink reaped from wounds:
gifts he left her with.
Numbness takes over
her scratching quill
dips dips dips
digs deeper
below skin
to harvest
more scarlet.
to heal, she writes
scars stay sore
her love
runs out
as raw pus.
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