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so it's been two years and i'm still here
stuck somewhere between the memories of you, the memories with you, and the memories of me before i met you
it's been two years and i'm still trying to battle the pain in my chest
whenever my mind goes back to the feeling
of you holding me

it's been two years and sometimes i still cry when i turn off the light
because this notion of happy and single that i believe in
leaves every time i realise i am completely
utterly
alone
in the dark of my room
in a single bed

navigating this ship formerly known as me and you, more formerly
known as me, is more difficult than controlling the waves that came
crashing into me every day we were together
i turn around and all of a sudden i'm just the passenger on
my own sinking ship

the journey was fun while it lasted but i think it's time
to finally get in the water
and swim to shore
years go by as fast as days, i guess
i tell myself i'm independent and strong and made of metal
but the minute somebody comes into my life and holds me
the minute arms press against a heavy hearted chest
the second lips kiss a tired body
iron turns into honey
and they
the bee
midnight cuddles are no joke
i am always the i like you and never the i love you / always the i want you and never the i need you
I am all half *** whispers and wrong sides of the bed, all lukewarm milk with cereal and mediocre drip coffee, all tosses and turns and no peaceful slumber
you won’t have the courage to tell her your body is only made up of skin and blood and bones and boy and some days your body is just a clothes rack waiting to be hung and some days you chain smoke nicotine just to feel like you’re halfway committing to suicide and some days your bed will become the only person you contact while the whole world stops
a lil' cut-out from a spoken word i wrote
i am the *** waiting for the last turn of the hob until it boils over

i am the glass waiting for the last drop of wine until it spills

i am the frightened child sitting in the dark waiting for someone to turn on the light

i am the frightened child sitting in the dark hoping nobody will turn on the light
can’t you hear
that in every ‘goodbye’ we tell ourselves
there lies a screaming ‘please don’t go’?
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