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Broken is the new black.

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she used to think that everyone was the same.
beauty was only rosy cheeks, lipstick, mascara, nail polish, she said.
beauty was only smiles and giggles and flowers and hearts.
beauty only came in happiness.

you opened her eyes wide.

beauty is only pain, depression is only determination, a scar is just a little glimpse of hope.
glass jars don’t glitter unless they’re broken.
some people bleed in love, some people bleed in pain, some people bleed in loneliness.
everyone bleeds in beauty.

she hated seeing you bleed.

if broken things are beautiful:
she is a burning house, a surgery gone wrong, a sunken ship and lost lives.
she is a car crash, a fractured bone, an exploding star.
she is your bleeding wrists. she sees pain now, only pain.
it makes her cry and scream and pull her hair out.
she won’t stop screaming, screaming, screaming.
she is filled with holes, full of craters, full of only
secrets.

she will never tell.

“did he hurt you?” i ask. she whispers, yes.
“did you know, then?” she whispers, yes.
“what did you know?” she shakes her head.
“what did you know?” she closes her eyes.
“tell me what you knew.” she exhales.
i knew it was a lie.

your name is only a whisper lie.

she says she wants to thank you:
thank you for giving her scars. thank you for making her bleed.
thank you for teaching her, for showing her, for making her breathe.
thank you for making her see, making her know, making her feel.
she knows pain, she knows beauty, she knows everything;
because of you.
thank you for making her broken.

thank you, she says, for making me beautiful.
everyone give :iconamertie: a hug.
it isn't about her though.
© 2009 - 2024 liebe-sie
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HalfMaskedMaiden's avatar
this is good, i like the line "glass jars don’t glitter unless they’re broken."