my girl.
girl with birdsong inside.
girl with springtime and june roses,
girl with sand to turn time with.
girl with small hands, coffee mouth,
girl with one foot turned in,
girl with blue hair caught up in knots.
girl with drumbeats for words,
girl with soft chin and cold skin.
girl with grey rain in her eyes,
girl with brown sugar on her breath.
girl with so many ways to say sorry,
girl with textbooks behind her ribcage.
girl with no place called home,
girl with a sorrow like flames,
girl with reasons to leave.
girl with my only heart.
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