HORROR Poem: Put Her Back Together, by Leah Jaye

Pick up her fragments of porcelain and
Put her back together.
The needle moves on its own, forward and up, down and back,
the thread is wet and red.
Secure the seams, make it so they cannot see her cracks.
Put her back together, stitch by stitch.
the red will remind her of her fragmented self, the red will make others pity her, but she does not care.
Put her back together, hope she never breaks again.
Forward and up, down and back. every two stitches makes another hairline crack appear. The cracks build. Until you need to
Put her back together. The person the world thinks you are. The bubbly, sweet her, the one the world loves.
Put her back together, before she shatters for good.

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