The girl tells herself this will be the last time
she lets herself be treated like this
that her softness is not a bad trait
that she’s just encountered people
who have taken advantage of it
the girl pauses the movie halfway
can’t stand the sight of a happy ending
her mind is a trap door
A rabbit hole determined to turn
everything into darkness
once she lets the ghosts creep back in
she knows there is no turning back
the girl cannot hear anything else
but the thousand times he said
I love you
except for the thousand times he said
I love you not
the ghost, this time not a ghost
but the girl stutters halfway into
her sentences
she knows even if her mind forgets
her body will remember
The girl -{renata ferretti}
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