Fighting

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I think I'm always going to crave pain in the form of love.

I wait for an excuse to throw bombs

While I prepare to dodge bullets.

All I've known is war, and all I've felt are wounds.

My heart is on edge

Waiting for the next time it

Trips
And
Falls
Into
Disappointment

But the real disappointment is that I'm expecting this all from you.

We have all cut open other people

(though not all have been cut badly, we're unlucky)

And you have Stitched me up so well.

You've healed me

From Scrapes and bruises you did not inflict.

But here I am

Weapons raised

Waiting
To
Attack

I have found I do not tread lightly on love

I have a knife in my back pocket

Ready for a fight instead of flight.

So please

When you find yourself bleeding

Don't say I didn't warn you

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