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this war is almost won
I don't know why I bother thinking of someone who doesn't even think of me. I remind myself of this at night, when I think about how it would feel for him to text me something dumb, like a good night text, or some stupid existential question when he's high. I remind myself of this when my phone stays silent throughout the night. I remind myself of this in the day, when someone says something stupid in class and he laughs so hard that he goes red-faced, and smiles so hard that it touches his eyes. I remind myself of this when he mentions his girl in casual conversation, and how he looks happy when he says it. I remind myself to look unphased. I remind myself to carry on. I remind myself that there will be no good night texts, or existential ramblings. I remind myself that I shouldn't look at him when the whole class laughs. I remind myself that he's happy with her. I remind myself that I was never seen.
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Apr 27, 2014
Apr 27, 2014 at 10:03 PM UTC
The Taste of Blood
you were full of cliches, like the light in your eyes and the warmth of your grip. and of all things, i couldn't get over the scrape of stubble when you kissed my cheek and the feel of your fingers in my hair when you held me closer to you. it's an infatuation, and a blind one at that but my fears don't lie in a tender feeling. it's a fear that my words to you were lost in the light of your eyes and the grin on your lips and the scrape of stubble on my cheek, on my temple, on my forehead. how can a tender touch melt a cynic when they know that the feeling will never be reciprocated?
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Mar 27, 2014
Mar 27, 2014 at 11:29 PM UTC
sincerely yours
it's amazing how a minute can make the difference between tomorrow and today and how one word can make the difference between the beginning and the end
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Mar 25, 2014
Mar 25, 2014 at 12:01 AM UTC
Untitled
its always this time of night when the sky is dark and you can barely see the stars because its so cloudy that i stay awake and pretend that the blue light of my computer is sunshine. i stay awake and wish that i could turn into gold.
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Mar 8, 2014
Mar 8, 2014 at 12:40 AM UTC
insentience
side effects of this drug may also include: feelings of depression feelings of anxiety desensitization unconsciousness insentience the sudden want of the inevitable to become uncertain
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Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 11:51 PM UTC
attachment
your lips are the cesspool of sin invading my thoughts, filling my brain with the images of them swollen, red, bruised, or coated in saliva and caught between your teeth, or even forming my name in a whisper or a moan. you are the devil's bartender, mixing a molotov cocktail of aphrodisiacs and raging hormones. nothing will cure this thirst. you would have me beg. there is a spark of sin inside this sinner. there is a pool of gasoline i am drowning in and you have the box of matches.
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Feb 11, 2014
Feb 11, 2014 at 5:28 PM UTC
lips
I can no longer discern whether or not this is the rise or fall. I can no longer tell if he is honey, or if he's vinegar. I can no longer think. I can no longer feel. This is the reason I am alone.
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Feb 11, 2014
Feb 11, 2014 at 5:17 PM UTC
Ignite
i wish that they hadn't used such heavy duty ink to mark my hands with x's because then the sweat would have washed them away and maybe i'd have a chance.
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Feb 2, 2014
Feb 2, 2014 at 10:34 PM UTC
call off the search for your soul
i can always hear him in that stupid song and that stupid gooey rush of blood and rapid heartbeat in my ears happens when we make eye contact and i look away and pretend not to have been looking at him but i was. and he knows i always do. and sometimes i like to imagine what his hands feel like what his plush lips would taste like up against mine and what it would take to get him to smile with the one dimple. i imagine holding his hand and wearing his jackets because i bet that they always smell good. i imagine going to see his band and laughing at how much they **** but then asking him to sing for me later. i like to imagine what it would be like to not get my hopes up to not fall head over heels over a stupid school-girl crush. i like to imagine what it would be like to know how i feel and how he feels even if he doesnt.
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Jan 28, 2014
Jan 28, 2014 at 11:53 PM UTC
i don't know what i really want
i wish that my fingers could write the words and paint the pictures of a beautiful life played out in my mind
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Jan 25, 2014
Jan 25, 2014 at 10:08 PM UTC
falling short