vice

when I love
I love hard;
harder than necessary.
I dig my fingernails in,
wrap my arms tight around my lover,
try to absorb them into my bones

once
I loved a girl who was stronger than iron,
more brittle than glass,
and sharper than her tongue
when she finally shattered.

I broke my bones trying to hold onto her

I snapped each and every delicate finger
as she dragged them away from her skin

that was a lesson to me;
people break when you hold them too tightly,
their edges will cut you deeply
if you refuse to let them go

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