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It hurts to love you because every breath I take marks a moment you are closer to your last one and my lungs can't take that truth. It hurts to love you because my arms lie aching at my sides every moment they could be holding you, and the weight of that is somehow more than I can take. It hurts to love you because my brain is leaning so fully on something that is not even mine that I both long for and hate who I might have been (Who was I?) before.
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Apr 11, 2015
Apr 11, 2015 at 10:08 PM UTC
Lovehurt
It hurts to love you because every breath I take marks a moment you are closer to your last one and my lungs can't take that truth. It hurts to love you because my arms lie aching at my sides every moment they could be holding you, and the weight of that is somehow more than I can take. It hurts to love you because my brain is leaning so fully on something that is not even mine that I both long for and hate who I might have been (Who was I?) before.
Day 11 of NaPoWriMo. Why isn't it built in us to stop being in love with someone when it brings us no gain, but only consuming pain?
brittlebird
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Apr 11, 2015
Apr 11, 2015 at 10:08 PM UTC
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