The lines etched into
My arms are
Reminders.
Reminders
Of what I was
And who
I wanted to be.
And words
engraved
Into my mind
Are those of a girl
Who’s never been loved,
Never been wanted
Never
Never
Never.
I wished last night
On a
Star.
It was flying
Past my house
At midnight.
And it wanted
To know
What I wanted.
It wished to know
What I wished.
It longed to know
What I longed for
And I told it.
And then it
Disappeared.
It left
Over the horizon
Just like everyone else
I’ve ever told anything to
I’ve ever loved
I’ve ever needed.
And the want
I wanted
The wish
I wished for
And the longing
I longed for
Was one thing.
Someone to hold onto.