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I have many flaws
that I could expose
to a crowd of people
but I don’t know
if they’ll love me
just the same.
I could write about
a love that only exists
in fairytales
but that doesn’t seem
to mend what’s been
broken before
you came along.
I don’t think that love
could mend anything
that you’ve broken
from a long time ago.
As I remember it,
you were that boy
who gave so much
of himself to one.
And I did the same.
There are other fishes
that you could catch
in a sea made for men
but I’ve wondered
why you’ve decided
to catch me
out of millions of others.
I could be the witch
people wanted to burn
but she couldn’t burn.
I could be the Queen
people feared and loathed
because she was destined
to rule over all others.
I could be the artist
who painted a beautiful
portrait of someone
she wanted to be with
for all time.
Like Salt-N-Pepa,
I could talk about
the sex that we did
under bed sheets.
But I’m just a girl
who can run a whole
kingdom with the words
she writes on a page.
There are hearts on a page
that I’ve written on.
They’re all about us
but some about boys
I once loved and admired.
And somehow, I knew
that I’ll come back to you.