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Starcraftor

Published: Jun 18, 2010

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Satin for the softer ones
Always touching, deep in love
Working hard to get too close
Ignoring the wound that looms above

Steel is for the harder ones
Cold to touch and never near
Shaping to the world around
Causing in their silence fear

Silk is for the richer ones
Aloof and distant as the source
Never knowing what's below
Never seeing the open sores

Leather for those tough as nails
Uncomfortable and therefore tough
In your face, not far away
And always looking strangely rough

Wear the texture on your face
What do you think?
What do you like?
The mask is of a stranger's face
Why not wear your own instead?

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