033 Ouroboros

033

Ouroboros

.o.

..

(WHY AREN’T YOU LOVED?)

..

& your heart B.R.E.A.K.S

{little blue-eyed-boy}

but you vow

to grow

S T R O N G E R

you swear that one day you will be

A

C

C

E

P

T

E

D

[admired and respected]

& your heart F/R/E/E/Z/E/S

{coldcoldSOCOLD}

..

(WHY CAN’T YOU LOVE?)

..

The day comes when finally

{finally}

. you . are . powerful .

{terrible red-eyed-man}

you think you have

ALL YOU EVER WANTED

(but still you are despised)

(still you are feared)

but then you meet HIM

that B O Y with the

BLUE-EYES

so like yours used to be

{little blue-eyed-boy}

and with ~M~A~G~I~C~ like yours

(just as strange)

(just as dark)

..

&& you find yourself Q U E S T I O N I N G

Everything…

(all your beliefs, all your morals, even your cause)

..

maybe

(just maybe)

{terrible red-eyed-man}

You can forgive

T

H

E

M

[family.neighbors.society]

but then

-but then-

you never have been able to

F O R G I V E

have you?

Not even that

littleblueeyedboy

.

.

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In which Sleeves shamelessly abuses the freedom of freeverse.