You fall more beautifully than you could ever stand

Your hands tremble as you land, a crackle followed by a scream

Legs shaking, eyes searching

Meaning, love, help, hope

Are you an equal? Do you stand tall?

Does this cold floor know you? Does your lover know you? Did your mother know you?

Your lungs betray you, your stomach shudders

The lining of your womb thickens, waiting for the child inside to leave

If you beg, will you be forgiven?

Do you deserve heaven? Is this pain yours to have?

Father used to say, women are like squares

They're sharp at every corner, they need to be shaved down, until they're perfect,

Until the radius at each point is equal

Until every dot connects, and goes round and round

Round and round, until you go insane

Salvation is around the corner, so keep running

Running until you fall

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