hanna-elizabethWhisper

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to sleepthe only reason he hated to leave my bed was the four inch memory foam mattress pad. it wasn't because I was there next to him. or because we were there together. the only thing that kept him coming back was the four inch space between what connected me to the world and kept me alive before I was born and the place he liked to call his home. and it wasn't my heart he was taking or the time he was taking that I cared about. it was my body. it was how he would roll over when he was finished and I'd scratch his back until I couldn't feel my fingertips. it was the way he'd ask and I'd say yes because. wait. I don't know why. now he's found another four inches. and the only reason I sleep in this bed is the four inch memory foam mattress pad. otherwise...all I can feel is him.
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May 10, 2015
NextAnd just like that / In just one breath... / In the time it took for a set of eyes to turn red
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Jan 4, 2015
Those Dreams Where You're FallingI just woke up from a dream. / You pushed me off a cliff. / I think it was my subconscious telling me
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Jan 1, 2015
No ResolutionsI promised to love myself and myself only... / Then I promised to under promise / and
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Jan 1, 2015
Unimaginably SmallAnd sometimes I just want to cry. Not because I'm sad. / But because the universe is so big and there isn't a big enough word to describe it. / And I'm so small and there isn't a small enough word to describe that.
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Dec 28, 2014
UntitledCarefully placed footsteps and / mismatched heartbeats / perfectly disguise
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Dec 14, 2014
I hope it wasn't himMaybe I wasn’t expecting him to hug me so tight. / We were really only friends, except for that one time… / But he came around the corner with a huge grin on his face, I made him a pie.
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Jul 22, 2014
UntitledSometimes we get so busy, trying to find ourselves, / all we do is look inward. / Sometimes we get so busy, looking inside ourselves,
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Mar 15, 2014
Before I SleepI always think of you before I sleep. / The words you said, / the way you looked.
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Feb 22, 2014
Fall to your kneesWouldnt it be nice / To spin in circles, / Laugh again
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Mar 29, 2012
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