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Melinda Barrett Jul 2021
For you in my book I broke every rule
Only to end up looking like a fool
Melinda Barrett Jun 2021
I sunk so deep I forgot who I am
but then I remembered and so I swam
...so I swam
Melinda Barrett Jun 2021
I hope your games were worth it
I hope that you played your best
Cuz you just lost at checkers
While I was playing chess
Melinda Barrett Jun 2021
You know the gift that keeps on giving
When you learn how to mourn the living
Melinda Barrett May 2021
I thought if I destroyed myself
I would also destroy my feelings
But what I really needed to do
Was just some inner healing
Melinda Barrett May 2021
I thought you were more like me
and I guess you thought the same
but we both missed the mark and
underestimated the game
Melinda Barrett May 2021
As time went by and we both grew more old
Shorter conversations as you grew more cold
So I withdrew and that’s when I started to see
That what I once most wanted didn’t want me
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