Tailor-made mistakes flood
through the coward
shivering in my skin.
I decay before you
admit to your sins
that haunt my guilt
with incomplete
plans for a shotgun
wedding you planned
before I agreed.
You taped my mouth shut
with a kiss attached to excuses
but I bear no fault for untold lies.
You hold the keys
to set me free and marry me.

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