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All I ever wanted

was a moment where

tomorrow and yesterday

didn't exist

 

 

I wasn't chasing my slippery hope

and you didn't manifest scenarios

 

Prosperity was around the block

 

 

For a minute

I saw the sky as it was

For a minute I could breathe

the air that was meant

for you and me

 

What have we been hooked on?

 

Songs sound better when you hurt

and I never want you to be capable

of singing this song as well as me

 

 

Do you remember when I'd lay in bed

for hours on end

and you'd pretend

to be dead with me

and our bodies laid soullessly

our thoughts connected

our hearts in sync?

 

I didn't know

those would be the constant memories

I'd sob most over

 

And I'd remind myself,

day in and day out,

when I'd turn to my left

feeling the cold dent

on my lonely mattress

 

You said,"You did this to yourself."

I did, you're right

God, I was scared

I was petrified

 

I left myself with only spite

when I had the courage

in the drawer of my nightstand

and I chose to look the other way

 

Now, I am in an abusive relationship

with my loud, stubborn ego

It's time to stop grocery shopping

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Feb 5, 2015
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