One taught me love,
One taught me patience,
One taught me pain—but no,
You all taught me grace,
How to hold someone until you melt into them,
And forget where they end and you begin.
You’re not so bad,
We all taste like sweat,
Like childhood wounds,
Like war.
And I forgive you,
For the gift of sanity,
Even if it was fleeting.
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