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In My Veins

A Poem

By Katerina PetrouPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
In My Veins
Photo by Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash

I only wanted to heal you.

There is nothing more to it.

I did not love you. Or want you.

So long as I had solved your sadness, I would have packed your bags and watch you leave.

But, there was only so much life I had lived to sacrifice for you.

You were not the only patient I held in my heart.

I wanted to heal everybody.

Though, I did not have enough of me to share.

So, I withered.

My future suffers.

The skin I own is translucent and sensitive for I discarded too much of it to bandage the wounds of those in pain.

I swallowed their suffering.

Now it is in my veins.

sad poetryMental Health

About the Creator

Katerina Petrou

Combining my passions of travelling, food, poetry and photography, I welcome you to read my stories.

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