While you read us the story of love rescued by long hair
Tossed down to a lover
We heard your voice crack and bleed
Like the paint peeling from the walls
Around us
And you tried to hide it
With tales of a kiss saving a life
Almost lost
From the bite of a poisoned apple
But the cracks got stronger
Till your breaking heart
Revealed itself in the shadowed light
And you tucked
The crumbling blankets
Under our chin tighter and tighter
Leaving us wondering what
Would save and keep us
Cuddled together
Valerie Masters
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