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2sided2 Feb 2019
I built an empire
of love
but this house was not a home

and all you ever did was paint the walls
with tears
and hang pictures
of wounding words

i got bone-tired of renovating
this place you called a home

i tried turning on the fire place
to warm up those crazy cold thoughts
i had every single night
as i heard you tear through the house
smashing vases of sympathy over your knee

i tried hanging a sign on the front door
that invited affinity
putting a name on this house as ours
together forever
but nothing ever worked

i tried believing that i could live
in this place of happiness with you
but that was impossible

because there was never any happiness to begin with

it was all just false promises and empty hope
disguised as your need to have me with you
and only you

and i wrote it all down to make sense of it
because maybe if i saw it

i would know that this was a house and not a home

but all i ever did was try and rebuild
everything you tore down
over and over
while i lived in that empty place
you called a heart

and finally, i knew it was never a home
it was just an empty house
2sided2 Jan 2019
My mind
Is a personal museum
That I wish I had the guts to show you

But you always told me I left everything unfinished
And showing you would only prove you right

You wouldn’t care about the potential I had
You would shame me for never carrying out the ideas

My mind is filled with Half-finished canvases
Paint splattered memories
Clay sculpture feelings
And Mona Lisa thoughts
Waiting for the world to see

You will never believe in me
2sided2 Jan 2019
I fell in love with his eyes
He turned around and fell in love with hers
2sided2 Jan 2019
Imagine you’re a fish
Your comfort zone is your tank
It will only let you grow so big
You’re not stuck
Stop saying you’re stuck
You’re comfortable
You don’t want to drop everything
And do what’s good for you
Because you’re scared

But when you put that fish in a lake
Sure, it might be scared to death
But **** does that fish get so much bigger
Than it ever thought it could

The potential lies within you
Your boundaries lie within you
And you must break them to grow, to learn, and to love.
2sided2 Jan 2019
Loving you
Is like laying at the bottom of a pool and looking up; It’s oh so beautiful
But dear,
I’m drowning
2sided2 Jan 2019
You’re warm whiskey
On a summer day
I’ll drink you down
I’ll drink my life away
2sided2 Jan 2019
You’re a world yet to be discovered
By the hands of love

You’ll meet someone
Someday
Who will make you feel
Like you’ve never been touched
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