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You Must Have Frostbite

February 4, 2019
By RachelES SILVER, Washington, District Of Columbia
RachelES SILVER, Washington, District Of Columbia
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You.


With your frostbitten heart,


Telling my side like it’s yours


Crafting your stories like they’re fiction.


Spinning your web of lies while


I’m silent


Just like you wanted


Just as you urged me to remain.


Because you threatened me to lock my lips,


Seal them tight


And burn the wooden key


Made of this material solely for its flammability.


I hid the key.


I never burned it.


I wanted a chance


someday.


Not quite yet.


But someday


I’ll shed the chains


And then


I will speak.



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