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10/1/2025 0 Comments

Tug of War

Andrea Bustillo (she/he/they)

​I don’t like writing about you.
You weren’t some pitiful tragedy I could
weave into golden thread.
You were already brighter than that –
your hair, eyes, and smile –
like the sun
gleaming on my shadowed soul, 
begging me to come out into the light.

Yet, I resisted you.
                         I tugged on your warm hand
                                                   like frayed rope at field day,
                                                                            and you let go just before I pulled you
                                                                                                                         with me into my hollowed ribcage.

                                                                                                                                    Strings were snapping everywhere,
                                                                                                                                                       and without you, I fell –
                                                                                                                                                             I cracked right open.
                                                                                                Everything I sought to hide was spilling out of my shell,
                                                                                                                                   but all the King’s men paid no mind.
                                                                                                                                                          I dug this grave myself.
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