Chapter 38: open ribcage ***

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open ribcage

why couldn't he have loved me?

because everyone after him did and none of it mattered; even when it was my best friend's heart that i broke

i feel the essence of every skipped beat in my heart, it's love i couldn't convince to stay, love i couldn't help but let go, it's kisses that are better off left ungiven

but on the contrary

there are no songs left unsung, no streets left uncrossed for him

my open ribcage was his playground unvisited, my heart his toy unplayed with

he comes alive on christmas though... and he spoils me rotten