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Emma Livry Nov 2014
The guests are leaving
The shoes are off
The mascara remains
Only because it is waterproof.

The room is empty
The music is off
The food remains
Only because it is already paid for.

The door is open
The lights are off
The flame remains
Only because there was no energy to extinguish it.

The veil is torn
The dress is off
The girl remains
Only because she does not believe you're gone.
Emma Livry Nov 2014
Lost.
I am last
In a little place
With the human race.

I am just a girl.
Always second place
Second... place.
Emma Livry Sep 2014
I have been working at 110% for you
I stayed when I said I'd go
I pushed through
But then I had been through enough

I was done working for you
I left when I promised to stay
I didn't make it very long
I missed you

You said you were glad I was back
You said you had so much waiting for me
You made me believe you
But you were lying, as usual

And now here I am
Still in your cold grasp
Like my hand around a mug
Of Spanish hot chocolate that I'm drinking in the snow.
"Don't be too down on yourself"
That would be easier if you'd give me a hand and pull me up.
Emma Livry Sep 2014
Don't you think that it is a little strange?
Everything I do is just a waste of time.
Possibly a never ending cycle of nothingness.
Restlessness stays with me in my sleep.
Every night I am in unrest. 
Speak to me with words of encouragement.
Sing sweet melodies to me while you hold me.
I will sleep then.
Only to be awoken by terror.
Netherworlds do exist.
Emma Livry Sep 2014
The aesthetic of leave-taking
Despises a self-satisfied kiss.
Emma Livry Aug 2014
Darling** (I)
You are a dreamer.
All you do is reach and reach for the stars.
You said you wanted to give them to me
To prove your love.
But the trick here is.
You aren't a dreamer.
You're just high.
All the time.
And I can't get through to you.
You are tearing down the stars.
But the stars are my eyes.

Sweetheart (II)
"Your eyes..."
Is one of the first things you said to me.
I still want to know what you meant.

Honeybee (III)
An angel came to me the other night.
And then I realized it was just you.
Emma Livry Aug 2014
I am infatuated with you
Not the idea of you.
Ever since we met
I never thought we could work
But we do
Well we did
You've been gone for a while
And I don't really know
If you are coming back
Will you make it home to me?
Or will you fall
And vanish forever?
Just let me know
When I lose you
Because I've lost you before
But this time I know it's for good.
Before we met,
Everything scared me.
Now I feel safe in your arms.
More secure than I ever did
Anywhere else.
Like safe as in I never had to worry.
Letting you take all my trust
Even when I thought it was too much.
Never did you fall, nor will you ever.
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