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Mauri Pollard Mar 2013
When did the air of romance die?
When did the beautiful words that spilled out poetically cease to exist?
When did it become that, the part of tonight where all we did was lay there in each others arms- quietly, silently, sleepy- become the part I worried most about you disliking.
The part where our souls were closest, why did my heart feel obliged to ask you if you were bored?
The romance isn't gone, I know that, I can feel it sometimes when you look at me (though sometimes I have to wonder if that's only the boredom) I know it's still there, but the world of modern days likes to come in and corrupt it sometimes.
Like some days, I miss the nights where we talked until we fell asleep.
Or how we told each other everything.
Or when he told me that he loves me because I struggle.
and how beautiful I was.
I mean,
Im definitely not complaining about the kissing, don't even get me wrong, I love that part, but I like when we share our souls with each other. Our hearts. When he opens up to be vulnerable to me... I feel like its been a while...
like my poetic words are stuck behind a barrier that has been built up by football players and a brother and prettier girls and things that I ***** up. (which happens much too often.)
I could let them flow free, and oh! how beautiful they would be.
How perfectly I could describe to him the way he makes me feel when he touches my cold body with his warmth and how he looks when he leans in to kiss me.
Or his eyes.
His wonderful, green-blue, ocean, kaleidoscope eyes.
but I feel awkward for thinking the things and the way I do.
Like my words would come out and feel awkward and void of reality
instead of beautiful and touching.
So I just keep quiet and hope he looks at me as if he had almost lost me
and wish for him to love being with me.
Mauri Pollard Mar 2013
I've been reading your texts all day, trying to convince  myself that you still love me.
and i read the same ones
over and over
thinking...
maybe there's something, some hidden message that i didn't catch
on one late,
tear stormed night that says,
"Don't worry. I still love you just as much as ever."
Maybe somewhere you sneaked in how beautiful you think I am and how much you love my green eyes.
Maybe you tried to tell me how wonderful you think kissing me is.
Maybe you secretly typed how much you love me and why you love me...
that it's all the little things
and that no one could ever take my place
and you could never love anyone as much as you love me.
and I look and I look and no matter how much I try to trick myself into thinking all those things are there,
they're not.
Mauri Pollard Jan 2013
I blame you.
I blame you for my tears and the nights I couldn’t sleep and keeping my heart I loaned to you.
I had hoped for yours back, but no.
I blame you for the dark clouds above me when the sun was trying to peek out from behind.
But I know I can’t blame you for the fact that I wore my heart on my sleeve.
Don’t deny that you didn’t see it.
Everyone did. Everyone called me out on it.
Everyone knew I loved you.
But it’s not as easy as you might think, loving you.
I can’t keep up with all your games.
And, I’m starting to have this feeling of abhorrence towards myself.
How can you hold a grudge against yourself?
Can’t you help what you do?
Yes. Most of the time.
But I can’t help what you do.
And what you do makes me love you.
But when I tried to tell you, I felt mocked.
Because the way you acted towards me was more than friendly.
I was almost sure of it.
Almost.
I felt stupid for falling for your idiotic game.
I felt like all I was, was a prize you didn’t even care about winning.
And I loathed myself for falling for you.
But I’m not perfect, and I still love you,
No matter how much I deny it.
I’m sorry I’m not what you were looking for.
I’m sorry I wasn’t like the perfect girl you are enamored with.
I’m sorry I laugh too hard at all your jokes.
I’m sorry I love your curly hair and your unattractive glasses.
I’m sorry I’ve loved you for the best part of my life.
And I’m sorry I still do.
And even though I know I shouldn’t,
I blame you.

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