his fingers are branches
and they find the dents
the cracks in me

only to fill momentarily
never to patch me up properly

and I've lost the broken parts
so not even glue can hold me together

but he tries anyway
with his fingers

but each one
eventually
slips away

and I'm left in pieces again

his fingers are branches
that only deepen the dents
the cracks in me

04/03/2006

Author's Note: it's always a self-esteem issue, isn't it? (this is Sims, by the way.)

Posted on 04/04/2006
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