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Amanda Kay Burke Jun 2021
The sun does not shine as bright these days
Always cloudy overhead
Wonder when my blue skies changed
Shifted to grey instead
I didn't even notice
Amanda Kay Burke Jun 2021
LEAVE me alone here like you always do
ALL YOUR REASONS would be justified if any were true
You are probably OVERJOYED without my face around
Which makes me so ANGRY I can't make one sound
I WILL spend my time SLEEPING AT THE WHEEL
I'LL BELIEVE YOU WHEN you say I've caused you too much pain to heal
COULD I BE YOU for a day?
I'd like to switch spots
Maybe then I'd discover that YOU'RE SO REAL
But probably not
I HANG up your photo on my bedroom  wall
YOU WON'T BE MINE yet I continue to fall
You have been my CRUTCH now for far too many years
And underneath this BED OF LIES is a pile of HAND ME DOWN fears
I play OUR SONG on repeat despite the fact it makes me cry
You beat my heart til bruised and BENT without explaining why
Love is a DISEASE and THESE HARD TIMES serve as proof
I escape THE REAL WORLD by hiding under this roof
I had A LONG DAY and even longer night
The path that marks HOW FAR WE'VE COME is dotted with BRIGHT LIGHTS
For a moment I think there is a chance for us to get BACK 2 GOOD
But I PUSH those thoughts away because I should know we never could
IF YOU'RE GONE I am UNWELL which means I'm sick all the time
Up til 3AM wishing there was a way to make you mine
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Amanda Kay Burke Jun 2021
Drowning in tears you caused me to cry
An ocean of fear
Can't swim
Loneliness suffocates and I don't know why
Room more comfortable dim

You looked back with remorseful eyes
Your mistakes written in major key
Held a plethora of perplexing replies
Words struggling to get free

Biting tempted tongue
Teeth standing ground
Barricading thoughts behind bars
Imprisoned
Forced to run round and round
Their footprints fade to scars

Paid the ultimate price for pure love
I am pained and poor
The same sun that once shone above
Sinks from sky to settle on the floor
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