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5/9/2026

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This Side of My Skin

by Sydney


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THIS SIDE OF HER SKIN IS INTRICATELY DESIGNED FOR THE LOVE & HATE

DECEPTION & HONESTY

THE LOVE AND HONESTY STICK LIKE THE TATTOOS LITTERING HER BODY

HER SPIRIT IS LARGER THAN LIFE AND HAS A HEART WRINKLED FROM TIME, ALTHOUGH SHE'S JUST SHY OF 20

HER VOICE IS SULTRY, IT'S A BIG SONG YOU COULD PUT ON REPEAT AND NEVER GET SICK OF

SHE'S LIKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

SEEMINGLY UNAWARE OFTHE AFFECT SHE HAS ON PEOPLE LONG RAVEN HAIR REACHING HER WAIST, SO ALLURING AND CAPTIVATING, YOU FORGET YOU'RE EVEN STARING

IF YOU'RE LOST, CONFUSED, SAD, HURTING, LONELY, HAPPY, EXCITED, WHATEVER

SHE'S THE ONE YOU GO TO, SHE ALWAYS HAS AN OPEN HEART ANDA JUDGMENT FREE MIND READY TO GO

SHE'S AN UBIQUITOUS LIGHT AT THE PARTY AND THE BOOKSTORE;

SMILING FOR YOU WHEN YOU JUST CAN'T

AS HER LIPS PARTED FOR ONE LAST INTAKE OF OXYGEN BEFORE SLIPPING

AWAY, HER EYES WEPT FOR THE FIRST TIME;

NOT OUT OF PAIN OR FEAR, OUT OF PURE CURIOSITY HER BODY REMAINED, BUT HER SOUL STOOD BY YOU WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SEARCHING FOR WHAT AWAITED HER SHE WAS HAPPY, SHE WAS BOLD, THROUGH & THROUGH

RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM HER VIA A GENTLE BREEZE SAYING "YOUR DELUSIONS NEED TO END, I NEVER EXISTED, REMEMBER?" I WOULD'VE CRIED IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE DOGS BARKING IN THE DISTANCE


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