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1:17 am

I'll pack my things in the dead of night,

hop a flight,

Tell no one and disappear.

 

Ghost.

Hazy memory.

A girl you used to know.

Who knows where I'll go?

 

I might write. Pretend I miss home.

Delight in the fact that I finally got out.

Maybe I'll visit for Christmas and see what home is all about

now that I'm gone.

 

And I might just change my name.

Runaway

The one who got away.

The one who wasn't stuck.

 

But first, my grand escape to somewhere else.

 

Somewhere that isn't here.

And I'll find someone who isn't you.

And live a life that isn't this.

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lauren-pope
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Jun 29, 2013
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