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One of these days, I will ask him What are you so scared of? It's dawning on me he's the more idealistic one I don't think we'll be great because we're perfect but because we're flawed and still understand each other easily One day. I will ask him What else is love? and the words will escape my mouth Why are you so scared of loving me? One day, tenacity & timing will meet and I'll ask him Do you want to hear what I think? You're scared you'll **** it up You hide behind this teenage facade of heartbreak as the reason that romance and hope were driven out of you replaced by a darkness that is engulfed in fear But you and I both know you're not naive enough to believe it One day- I will tell him I think you saw your parents in an unhappy marriage & an uglier divorce and that does something to a person to learn so young that your parents aren't perfect, at all that they are flawed and so are you And that realization weighs so heavily on your shoulders that you bear the burden of being afraid, of doing the same thing marred by the knowledge that life & love can be both cruel & kind One day I'll ask him, do you see that irony lies there waiting with you instead of me? The fear- making your unhappiness certain One of these days, I'll plead to him Don't you see? I still love you. That I'm sitting here patiently waiting until you see yourself the way I do flawed but perfect for each other One day, I will ask him Are you ready to hear the truth?
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Jun 20, 2018
Jun 20, 2018 at 5:10 PM UTC
One Day
One of these days, I will ask him What are you so scared of? It's dawning on me he's the more idealistic one I don't think we'll be great because we're perfect but because we're flawed and still understand each other easily One day. I will ask him What else is love? and the words will escape my mouth Why are you so scared of loving me? One day, tenacity & timing will meet and I'll ask him Do you want to hear what I think? You're scared you'll **** it up You hide behind this teenage facade of heartbreak as the reason that romance and hope were driven out of you replaced by a darkness that is engulfed in fear But you and I both know you're not naive enough to believe it One day- I will tell him I think you saw your parents in an unhappy marriage & an uglier divorce and that does something to a person to learn so young that your parents aren't perfect, at all that they are flawed and so are you And that realization weighs so heavily on your shoulders that you bear the burden of being afraid, of doing the same thing marred by the knowledge that life & love can be both cruel & kind One day I'll ask him, do you see that irony lies there waiting with you instead of me? The fear- making your unhappiness certain One of these days, I'll plead to him Don't you see? I still love you. That I'm sitting here patiently waiting until you see yourself the way I do flawed but perfect for each other One day, I will ask him Are you ready to hear the truth?
raw emotion truth honesty fear
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M-Salinger
Rhye
Jun 20, 2018
Jun 20, 2018 at 5:10 PM UTC
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