(woman)

she is

the backbone

that bends so flexibly but

does not break, the

fragile thing that bears

more weight than he

could ever hope to carry,

she is

the contradiction in the

thinness of a seashell,

years have calcified her

apparent weakness into

stone

she is

what all other women secretly

want but are

ashamed to be,

because they are

preoccupied with the

art of self-painting

yet

all i see in his eyes is anger,

and all i see in hers is love

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