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 Dec 2014 Caitlyn
kaitlyn-marie
there's nothing worse
than being deemed uninhabitable
by the people with the power
to light fires in your soul.
 Jul 2014 Caitlyn
kaitlyn-marie
it's funny how you think you're moving
in the right direction,
but then one day, you're driving down I-195.
windows down, blasting the song that goes
"oh dear, you look so lost."
not sure if you're running towards something,
or running away.
 Jul 2014 Caitlyn
kaitlyn-marie
you went out of your way to "bump into me"
and say hello on a Thursday afternoon.
when I excitedly told my friends,
they brushed it off like it was no big deal.
I guess this sort of thing
doesn't happen to me very often.
 Jul 2014 Caitlyn
kaitlyn-marie
take yourself out to dinner
if no one else will.
if you don't treat yourself right,
why would you expect
anyone else to?
 Jul 2014 Caitlyn
kaitlyn-marie
a very wise professor once told me
not to tell somebody that you love them
if you don't care how they're doing.
so don't set someone on fire
just to watch them burn.
 Jul 2014 Caitlyn
kaitlyn-marie
night drives, sitting in the backseat
of your car by the lake,
and I can't even look at you.
we both know that nothing will
be the same in the morning.
I guess that's the price you
have to pay for falling in love
too little and too late,
in the middle of the summer.
 Jul 2014 Caitlyn
kaitlyn-marie
you always buy a $2 newspaper
from that homeless guy on magnolia,
even though you never read it.
you say, "some people need
a little more. money, hope, love."
 Jul 2014 Caitlyn
kaitlyn-marie
I can't tell if I'm being practical
or if I'm just selling myself short.
 Jul 2014 Caitlyn
kaitlyn-marie
I wish that I was someone who mattered.
maybe it’s because I don’t look up when I walk
or because I can’t think of anything witty or
insightful until it’s long past due,
but if I died tomorrow, I might get into heaven
because I was “a joy to have in class,”
but not for anything substantial.
I didn’t change the world.  
I didn’t even change one person.
 Jul 2014 Caitlyn
kaitlyn-marie
I don't know if I care if anyone ever loves me again.
I think he might love me enough for the entire world.
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