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I want to be your fantasy, your reality,

And everything between

I want you to see me in your sweetest dreams

I want you to feel me in everything your hands touch

I want the taste of me to never leave your lips

I want to be the world to you, I just want it all

I want to be the eyes that get to look deep inside your soul

I want to be your deepest kiss

The answer to your every wish

I want you to never ever let me go

I want to be hidden inside your heart

I just want to be everywhere you are

I want you to hold me too tight

I want you to make everything alright

I want to be loved too much by you

I just want you to need me

Like I need you.

© Ashley Rodden. All rights reserved
I'm a ship that's been tossed
A bridge that's burned
But you brought me back from the point of no return
Now you're not here to catch me anymore, and
I'm gonna have to fall anyway
Because I have so much weight on me
And anything goes when everything's gone
So I say "bring it on"
Because right now I don't feel a thing
And if you would of just left me a single thread to hold onto
I'd have one good reason not to feel the way I do
But can't nothing save me now
I was the fool and
I'm paying for it now because you're no longer around...
And I know you feel like I don't care at all
Because still life goes on,
And it's always not enough or it's way to much
So, how are you when I'm gone?
Because I'm struggling now to make it on my own
And I just want to fall asleep or die
Because this is killing me inside
And it won't stop until my final breath is gone
So spare me those three last words
"I love you"
Because, I'll wait for you but know that I can't wait forever
Now you've made your stand
And I know you have your reasons
Like I have mine
I just hope pride is good company at night
And that we both can find some light in this dark
I still want to be the one you want
But I can't stay here for long,
And I hope you don't learn to love me once I'm gone....
© Ashley Rodden. All rights reserved
All I can think about is you and me.
I lied to you
You deceived me
But what would love without forgiveness really be?
I know we were not perfect
But nothing ever is
All I know is I seen you perfectly
The same way you saw me
We were perfectly imperfect together
And that was all that really mattered
Not the flaws that could be seen
But you forgot to forgive me...

© Ashley Rodden. All rights reserved
I know sorry doesn't fix a **** thing but for all it maybe worth I'm sorry just the same.
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because he’s just a silly boy who will
never leave her for you
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because you’ve been taking yourself
too seriously lately
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because your desire for romance
is just a wish to be wanted again
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because you could have anyone else
and you know it
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because he has no idea how much you write about him
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because it’s funny that you only
ever fall for people who can’t love you back
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because tomorrow is Friday or should I say today
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because this is the best year of your
life
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because you don’t need anyone
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because you love yourself
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because you are loved
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because you are moving mountains
without anyone’s help.
The pity party is over
I have beaten myself up enough
I will no longer be weak
For weakness is no longer an option

I woke up felling tired and stiff
Now I wake up full of energy and ready to go
I used to be lazy and slow
But now I am ready and determined for challenge

I used to feel down and unmotivated
Now I am stronger than ever
No more crying, no more excuses
For today is a gift and I am getting better every minute

I won’t give up, I won’t give in
you can’t keep me down,
you will never take the fight out of me
I am here, standing right in front of you
And as long as I am breathing…I am going to fight
I will defeat you

I am in control, not you
I will stay in control…you will never get it back
Your time has come and now its time for you to leave
I let you in, close enough to hurt me
Knowing you could but hoping you would never.
I dropped my guard,
Took my finger off the trigger,
Let myself be completely vulnerable,
Made my love accessible to you only,
Trusted whole hardheartedly,
Believed every word you said,
Just for you to lie,
And break your promise in the end...

© Ashley Rodden. All rights reserved
I just don't get it.
I feel most safe when I feel most loved
And I was lucky to feel both
consistently for two months.
Being away from home didn’t mean
I was away from love,
but that distance
gave me the opportunity to really realize
the truth about most things.
You see, it’s an instinct to be lonely,
to feel like I don’t matter.
I don’t have many friends anymore
and those I do have I’ve held onto
because they are the reflections of myself I long to see.
And what I’ve learned is that time doesn’t heal every wound. Not when
wounds are places you’d rather forget and people you are sick of being.
No, it isn’t time alone.
It’s patience and acceptance, a mix of
hope and laughter and awareness.
It’s a lot of energy spent on undoing each intricate lie you’ve ever told yourself.
It’s forgiveness and strength and an outpour of love for everyone you’ve ever known.
It’s detachment and perspective and hindsight.
It’s about knowing that you still have a long way to go.
Time is just there, along for ride.

I feel safe when I feel most loved.
I feel loved when I feel most safe.
Maybe I am both of these things.
Maybe you are, too.
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