You were my voyeur, not my lover. Your subject. You studied me.
Safety at a distance. Love exposes. Closeness is vulnerability.
A possession, I was. Valuable contingent on the evaluation of others.
Stock to be traded. Speculation of future worth.
What am I worth now?
Letting go of you was me finding me. It saved me.
Why couldn’t you save me? Save us?
We became one flesh. Now I have to pull myself apart to be freed.
Tissue by tissue. Nerve by nerve. Bone by bone.
Taking your rib with me. Remnant of a covenant severed. Souvenir of sacrifices.
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