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They say, you push the people away you need the most. They don’t tell you why though.

It will always be a mystery An obvious heartache A tug and pull, a desire To have, and to run It could be cliché To the untrained eye Or the boy on the other end Of this line, a fragile string But I have to be selfish Just for a minute I am my own lifeboat you know And saving yourself is the hardest thing to do This adoration, is far too much Overwhelming me to ask for your everything Wanting to see how far we can go, On a single breath Conflicting ideas set me apart Fighting over the same thing Running towards you, and away Changing direction too fast, dizzy I should be relieved That I made my escape Before you realized my flaws So maybe when tonight fades, you’ll think I was good I feel the weight of the stone I left behind Heavier then ever Hating that I want you to follow That I could silently beg for it So when I leave you, and I turn that corner And feel the explosion And see the fragile bits of my life Flutter slowly down around me, like ash I’ll wonder what I would feel like If you were beside me Would you help me pick it all up Or would you see my destruction for what it really is -Taylor How can I possibly ask you to stay, when the only thing for you to do is watch guard over the wall I’ve put up- to keep you out
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Aug 6, 2011
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