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          đđˇđ´Â  đłđđ´đ°đźđ  đžđľÂ  đłđ´đ°đđˇÂ .     or,  she dreams of the deaths she could only assume,  dreams of what she knows.   &   itâs not hard to envision this,  to see what her mindâs already graphed out in clear view.   EVEN WHEN SHE IS SAFE,  she is wrapped in the pin - prickling fear thatâs accompanied her sadness,  a sadness that sheâs inherited from her fatherâs quieted breath.   the moonâs baited breath wrapped her neck with her own hands,  the whistling wind in her chest believes in an unraveling that wonât become her   â   sheâs already began a transition between childhood   &   adulthood the moment she became her brotherâs light     (   she was a light,  she could still be.   ).     her breath is a thick inhalation,  a deeper exhalation that weeps life in the making death.   the world has died once   :   to live in a dead world is to have the desire to protect what is not ruined.   &   she doesnât know if any sounds had ached the halls,  made a distinct bleeding the way she sleeps without peace   â   sleep like this hasnât been optional in ways that saturated her own living before,  sheâs never found sleep in this opportunity.   /   sheâs always been sleepless   &   hungry,  always found herself between a rock   &   a hard place.
          đˇđ´đ  đˇđ°đ˝đłđ  đđ¸đżđ´Â  đ°đ  đˇđ´đ  đ˛đˇđ´đ´đşđ .     they come back wet,     [   đśđ¤đłÂ đłđ§đ¨đđŚđ˛Â đłđ§đ đłÂ đ˛đŹđ¤đŤđŤÂ đŤđ¨đŞđ¤Â đłđ¤đ đąđ˛Â    ]     &   she feels the hunger stitch at her stomach,  suddenly,  viciously,  but sheâs a simple guest   â   her hands retract to her stomach,   &   the strength she wants returns to her throat as sorrow.   /   SHE WANTS TO CRY.   between sectioned blessings,  dreaming still aches,  living begins as a wound thatâll never heal over.   đ¸đ đđ¸đťđťÂ đ°đťđđ°đđ đˇđđđ,  đ¸đ đđ¸đťđťÂ đ°đťđđ°đđ đąđťđ´đ´đłÂ .   or thatâs what sheâs heard the other children say,   &   she supposes she knows this better than anyone else she knows.      â   đ đąđ¤Â  đ¸đŽđ´Â  đŽđŞđ đ¸Â   ?   â     THIS FRIGHTENS HER,  LIKE A FERAL BACKED TO A CORNER.   there is no more darkness once the light is on,   &   her own nails dig into her skin,  but she smiles like the sky lit by the sun   â   her fears swallow under her tongue.   /   she does not worship an empty god,  or a barren land of unholy.   unwashed clothe,  pristine song that wonât shudder from her lips,   &   sheâs scared to speak a truth dripping from the fault of her lips.   the light in her eyes shifts,  her breath shivers within her chests,  her fingers find purchase to the comfort that clings to her arms   â   she thinks to apologize   ;   his inconvenience is not a correlation she desires made to her presence,  but she canât aid the own itching under her skin,  a redness rashed behind her ear.   it is then her smile shakes,   &   she breathes a hum,  a distinct discomfort in the way her mind permeates her slumber,  the way lullabies warp into laughter shrieking,  screaming,  screeching.   it twists to the way she abandoned her brother,  to the way sheâs reminded that her heart could be a bloody shattering   â   she never meant to be selfish,   &   the delusion sits in the simplicity of the nausea sitting at her gut   ;   or it could be from the way she eats as if sheâs afraid to take.
          đˇđ´'đ  đđ°đ¸đđ¸đ˝đśÂ  đľđžđ  đ°đ˝Â  đ°đ˝đđđ´đ .     her bones settle before the shell breaks,   &   sheâs awkward.   she is everything that includes a smaller timidness,  but her smile is still there,  still sincere in the warmth   â   her shoulders square to become the ground she holds to,  if not anything else.      â   i think i am.   i just had a bad dreamâŚÂ   â     her voice falls to a mumble,   &   her arms consider the way they wrap around her stomach a secret,  a way to contain hunger without consumption.   LIAR,  YOU SHOULDNâT LIE TO THE SINGLE PERSON WHO TOOK YOU IN WITHOUT AN UNKIND MOTIVE.   you expected nothing short of cruelty,  a push without a tug,  a glance without acknowledgement,  but all heâs ever been was the kindest sheâs ever felt.   he is kinder than a memory,   &   the concern on his face almost alleviates the dysfunction,  but it tinges the shades of pain before blossoming again.   her face is a flushed rose,  colored in embarrassment with the sound coming from her stomach.     â   âŚbut iâm hungry,  i think.   you wouldnât mind if i ate now,  right   ?   â     mumbled hum that drips from her lips,  a shutting behind her irises.