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My Brothers

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My brothers stood on steep hills

With sharp wind in their faces.

They looked for me in pale crowds,

They missed me in dark places.

My brothers killed the last traitors

When they came for my head.

Seven years stood between us,

Seven fates ripped like threads.

My brothers listened to echoes

Until the pain turned to greed.

My own brothers sold tickets

As crowds made my soul bleed.

My brothers wait for my death,

They hope my spine will falter.

I am their last breathing sister.

Their necks will become my altar.

-Jackie

Unwilling Angel

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They put me in the ground each evening,

Thinking that my wings can grow again,

Hoping for my halo to stop bleeding,

But I just cannot find the strength.

They cut my throat with autumn leaves

And let me paint the snow cones scarlet.

I was once one of the thieves,

I was once their shining harlot.

-Jackie

Blame

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I wasn’t the bad guy, I wasn’t your torment.

I was the last prophet for your killer temptations.

You left mud on people like they were your doormats

And you blamed me for it with no hesitation.

-Jackie

The Silence

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I read the sentences off the page like it wasn’t a testimony,

A testament to the heaven and hell you once ruled.

I sung paragraphs until words became homophonies,

And the phone never rung,

It just called me a damned fool.

-Jackie

Border

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The avalanches only buried one half of the truth,

The snowfall only hid away one side of you.

Bloodshot eyes stared at me from the furthest corner,

And I couldn’t escape when I crossed the border.

-Jackie

Spill

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I have taken your oath of silence,

Crossed your name out of my will.

Honey, if I swear you to secrecy

Will you let the blue venom spill?

Will you tell them how I ached,

How I built these walls of steel?

Will you break just like I broke?

Will you be there when I heal?

-Jackie

Bait

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The snowflakes danced in the moonlight

And met their fate in the frosty dawn.

I circled your love until it crumbled

And the winter made me its final pawn.

The ground froze with the buried bodies.

I reached for warmth but it was too late.

My bones melted into the snow piles

And my heart laughed when it took the bait.

-Jackie

Longing

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The scarlet flame licked our love bone dry

And the rainfall made it rot to its core.

Seven lifetimes wouldn’t be enough,

But every second I wish we could get more.

-Jackie

Black Candles

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Take me back to the seaside

And bury me in the white sand.

Hide me away from the crowds,

Erase me from the dying land.

Take me to the dim graveyard,

Light black candles as I cry.

Paint me in some lively colors

While I watch the daylight die.

-Jackie

Glitch

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The rumors fall into place

And wicked truths fall on their faces.

I hide from thinking this over

But my luck is a bad omen.

Perfect mirages collapse

While I step in my own traps.

I beg for an off switch,

Hoping to make it through the glitch.

-Jackie