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You called me selfish. For a long time I felt guilty, until I turned you from a victim into a villain. As the anger has faded from the lights of an ambulance into the dull, neon red glow of an emergency exit sign, I have begun to realize that you saw me as the bad guy, too. You probably still do, and maybe I am selfish, and maybe I want to apologize, but what if they're all right and you were just trying to get me to say sorry? What if you're just dying to see me come crawling back to you? I don't want you to think I need you, because I don't, but I'm not selfish, and I don't want you to think so.
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Apr 20, 2014
Apr 20, 2014 at 7:11 PM UTC
Selfish
You called me selfish. For a long time I felt guilty, until I turned you from a victim into a villain. As the anger has faded from the lights of an ambulance into the dull, neon red glow of an emergency exit sign, I have begun to realize that you saw me as the bad guy, too. You probably still do, and maybe I am selfish, and maybe I want to apologize, but what if they're all right and you were just trying to get me to say sorry? What if you're just dying to see me come crawling back to you? I don't want you to think I need you, because I don't, but I'm not selfish, and I don't want you to think so.
molly-hart
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Apr 20, 2014
Apr 20, 2014 at 7:11 PM UTC
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