We sit across from each other
Eating our diner breakfast in silence.
Words die on our tongues,
So we smother them with eggs.
We can't meet eyes,
So we toss our gaze to empty glasses.
We have changed,
but we are afraid to make it

Real

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As I lay on my back and stared at the moonless, endless sea of dark above me, I felt the cold wind catch in my exposed ribcage. Hollowed out by the pieces taken from me, all I could think about were the ones who fed from me, and hope that they are now whole.

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