My sister says I look best when I am sick,
a strange start to an explanation
I know
but still
one I hoped would explain
why it is that
even as I am dying
you might still
suspect me
just fine.
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22 & Learning Poetry Collection: Curiously Beautiful
PoetryBeing vulnerable is one of the scariest things any human being can do; to unfasten the armor reinforced by a lifetime of difficult lessons, strip down to nothing but the fine curves of one's existence, and bare the scars of the soul in the sincerity...
My Sister Says I Look Best When I am Sick
My sister says I look best when I am sick,
a strange start to an explanation
I know
but still
one I hoped would explain
why it is that
even as I am dying
you might still
suspect me
just fine.