literature

no such thing as equal

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hastily, hastily now,
you can step on peoples' toes
but you can't climb the food chain
faster than you can be consumed,
like a love letter in a fire,
curling around yourself
and flaking to brittle pieces.

if you knew how to swim,
you'd float inside my harbor
instead of drowning in my wake.

if i wasn't the little match girl,
you wouldn't be able to set me afire so easily;
i'd rather be flamable, though,
than combustable like you.
you can explode all you want,
you will never hold a flame to me.

we hurtle over pavements at the speed of sound,
yelping like coyotes and dancing
along those white dotted lines that lead us to the end of the world
where black candle trees grow like blackened bony hands
that claw their way up to the sky.
they are as determined as we are to live,
only they are struggling against everything
and we only struggle against each other.
i don't like the ending *pouts*
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HelzCullen's avatar
Au contraire, I believe the ending is the best. And I love the little match girl. :]