In Two Weeks, I Will Be Untouched

Notes on a breakup

Ariel Lee
Human Parts
Published in
2 min readJul 13, 2019

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TThe story is that in seven years, your skin is a whole new thing. Untouched. But in reality, it only takes two weeks for that hidden bottom layer to become the top layer.

In two short weeks, my lips will be ones that have not tasted your kiss upon them, nor whispered vows of adoration and eternity.

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Ariel Lee
Human Parts

A writer offering the gift of the extraordinary in a world of mundane. Urban fantasy author and poetry writer.