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// Made in Your Celestial Image 
// Story: Atychiphobia 
// by Ice Star 
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for all i feel
there is still one thing i mean to do
when i 
look You in the eye
at last
i must thank You
not for Your so-called classes
the love You never had
all the books i just barely
refined my magic with
while hungering for
more
and all the
secrets
You never shared

in the end
when i was still Yours
at twelve years old
all i knew was what mattered
because You made it so
that when i looked in the mirror
i saw 
all that was You 
burned into me
more than anything else
and i still do

all i know
is that Worship trumps love
Lies are always kinder
Power is best unshared 
to be Queen in 
everything but name
to surround Yourself with underlings
so that the top will never be lonely
to cement my life
with Secrets
that wall off 
where feelings 
would
be

these are all the things 
You really taught me
no matter
every way You deny it
i am made in Your image
with nothing
else
left