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the rainfall kid

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she always loved the sting of grapefruit
and the way the winter air kissed her skin,
leaving it pink and raw and sensitive to the touch
like the heart she tried so hard to hide.

but she never grew up, not really.
she always belonged to the rain
and never stayed in one place for too long.
she was afraid her stupid heart might dig in,
leave its roots in the people and then
it would rip and tear when she up and left.

and she never accepted the fact that
she did indeed have a heart.
she tried so hard to be hollow and
let the winter rain chill her skin and
soak into her bones so that she, too,
might be just as cold.

so she stopped believing in sunshine.
she accepted the title of rainfall kid,
and lived with thunder in her chest.
For a prompt in #paper-forests

I don't know if I like this or not.
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tommyboywood's avatar
A sad tale but beautifully written