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You were a shepherd Someone I followed incontestably Someone I trusted to guide me to safety You were a new pasture Someone far off that I thought would be different You had a wolf hiding in the bushes - "Anywhere but here" is what was on your mind The thing is, I'm still here Your dreams had no intention of including me in them You were boarding planes and driving far away I was boring and driving to coffee shops I just couldn't hold your interest You had bigger things on your mind You didn't bother to ask what was on my mind I think you would have found Some common ground - I fell to the riverbed having fallen for you You had already pulled your feet out of the water You stayed on the dock of disenchantment While I touched the bottom of disillusionment - I've never said a word to you I didn't mean You never meant a single word you said to me I can't blame you for it though, Transparency, of words and of heart, has gotten me nowhere You meant everything you said, except I lost it all in transmission And I found myself making up the messages I missed - You were summer Sepia stained, longer than it felt like, innocent and sweet You were fall Starved of warmth, not long enough,  the moments leading to a freeze - Before you, I didn't know how to feel After you, I never wanted to feel again
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Jun 7, 2016
Jun 7, 2016 at 10:41 PM UTC
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You were a shepherd Someone I followed incontestably Someone I trusted to guide me to safety You were a new pasture Someone far off that I thought would be different You had a wolf hiding in the bushes - "Anywhere but here" is what was on your mind The thing is, I'm still here Your dreams had no intention of including me in them You were boarding planes and driving far away I was boring and driving to coffee shops I just couldn't hold your interest You had bigger things on your mind You didn't bother to ask what was on my mind I think you would have found Some common ground - I fell to the riverbed having fallen for you You had already pulled your feet out of the water You stayed on the dock of disenchantment While I touched the bottom of disillusionment - I've never said a word to you I didn't mean You never meant a single word you said to me I can't blame you for it though, Transparency, of words and of heart, has gotten me nowhere You meant everything you said, except I lost it all in transmission And I found myself making up the messages I missed - You were summer Sepia stained, longer than it felt like, innocent and sweet You were fall Starved of warmth, not long enough,  the moments leading to a freeze - Before you, I didn't know how to feel After you, I never wanted to feel again
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Jun 7, 2016
Jun 7, 2016 at 10:41 PM UTC
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