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The Lovely Bones
by Alexis Child
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The Lovely Bones  by Alexis Child
The Lovely Bones
 by Alexis Child
Sometimes I feel like glass
Walking in a house of strangers
My greatest fear is myself
And a past that will never end
Like eerie, strange sounds in the night
Where broken is not beautiful

We walk with the universe
Resting on our shoulders
Until it is like a pair of black wings
Haunting the world
Rearranging ourselves
Around the darkness
And the light
I am not easy to love

You will prick yourself on my thorns
I was born with glass bones
Embrace the cracks in my heart
And make love to my rough edges
Like a knife
Annihilating what is left of me
I show my scars. I’m strong

Tonight, the stars revolt
Until you can see the sharp
Splinter of a smile
Coroner reports: A miracle
Dead girl rises up like pure air!

My body cracks into a thousand
Questions like perfection
And I have stardust for my hair
Whipping my skin into forever

Darkness seems spectre-like as these vague curses
Like empty rooms at night and stars that mock
Dear friend, dear friend, I leave the same impression
As the moon: beautiful, terrifying in annihilation
Remember, remember, this is me, even now

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