We Are Now Pure
Chloë Charlton


we didn’t think about how much it hurt us

only that it felt good in the moment

we were lost in it,

clawing desperately at our

crumbling Shangri-la

gritty from salty air,

beaten down by what

we thought we knew.

visitations to people we hated but yearned for

fueling self-hatred and

resentment towards each other

we had nowhere to go

so we sat on the beach and waited for the

​waves to lick our toes clean.
 
 
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