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the words floated.

in my head, a million of them. a million more in the air. skimming at the tip of fingernails, just beyond reach. they danced, they mingled, they did not surrender to anyone.

the words sat beside me.

silence. they invited their untold of brethren, and they sat between us. the silence was filled. with apprehension, guilt and fidgeting. they stared blankly, they never went away.

the words jeered.

that pang in the ears, that wasn't pain. still, the pleasure of it hurt. their mock was a lullaby ringing with each rhythm of breathe. they shoved, they pulled at my sleeve, they ran.

the words stabbed.

merciless and unforgiving. they caused wreckage. they watched the knife twist slowly inside the heart. they watched it bleed. they drank the sight to quench their thirst for pain. they sneered, they hurt, but never were they independent.

the words caressed.

a smile. they kissed my forehead and whispered. they let me cry, waited. they let the soothing sleep descend. they were now one feminine love -- subtle, fragile, dreamy. they tiptoed across, they cared, but were they cared for?

the words are screaming now.

agonized, desperate, they frantically look for faces to grasp. they are the testimony of ignorance, of careless blunders. their voice is in my head, and in the air. they are homeless, they are misused, they beg to be owned one more time.

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