do you remember the mascara that fell down my face?
do you remember the tears I didn't want to let fall?
do you remember the empty echo of my sobs?
do you remember the way I wouldn't, couldn't look at you?
do you remember the shame I felt?
do you remember the scream in my eyes?

I forgot them.

all I remember is the way you took my face into your hands,
holding with the gentlest touch.
telling me I, we, would be okay.
all I remember is the way you took my hands and kissed them,
holding them close to your heart.
telling me it still beated for me.
all I remember is the way you took my arms and wrapped them around your neck,
holding me close as you spun me.
telling me you love me forever.

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pitter patter,
naked feet brush against the ground.
a slow hum under the breath of the blamed
as a tear gently rolls down her cheek.
unbaised love wrapping around her;
she breathes it in.
slowly the innocent moves her around; gently.
keeping nothing between them.
no air to tear them apart.

the song is soft and sad, a forties tune she's had in her head all day.
about love lost; love she was scared she was going to lose.
but the love held her close in arms secure and strong.
taking her to a happier place,
not an empty bathroom in the basement where the fight takes place.

hollow humming.
and the pitter patter of naked feet.
making circles instead of hearts,
because a circle lasts forever.