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he could never read her
unless he was tracing
the ridges of her scars;
surrounded in darkness,
with incomplete senses-
she always reminds him
not to trust his eyes;
we are meant to feel
the words and reach
to grasp them, igniting
lighting connections
always one step closer
to comprehension-

she teaches him
the language of
skin- perfection
only means
there is nothing
for you to feel.
we were not born
to see color.
our first defenses;
our first adventures;
our first wounds
are articulated
in fingertips
and kneecaps
and a mess
of incomplete bones
we start out
brave enough
to learn to break.

he learns to read her
like his Tolstoy
and Faust; she is
collarbones of cynicism
and ribs of narratives
told in the structure
of triptychs,
and his cheeks learn
the rhythm of verse
from her overburdened
eyelashes: he says
his favorite part
is the defamiliarization
of knowing her best
with his vision blurred.
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StarlightComet's avatar
Oh my word, this is fantastic. Very well done :heart: