Because I held my heart in my hair
Trapped in its cage,
Wrapping braids around ventricles
hidden from sun
Because I grew it long with love
Stretched thin,
wrapped around like copper wire
Because I felt your fingers in my hair
Searching,
Softly sorting through follicles
carrying current from your fingertips
Because the strands became snarled
Strangling tissue,
with the ridges in your fingerprints
Because you left my heart
Hidden in shadow,
Gave up your search
so I gave up the ghost.
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