I tie the band and
Pick up the needle.
It’s cold metal digs deep
Into my flesh,
The icy poison seeps
Into my bones.
Filling me with false hope,
False love.
But I can’t take the band off
For you wrapped it too tight
Around my heart,
And left with the needle
Still digging into me.
The pain growing greater
Without you to take it out.
Love was never supposed
to hurt this much.
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