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mistakes were made, and things were said, and none of us knew how to love life properly. we used to say that we're unhappy and that we tried and tried and tried but lied. that we did our best to change our state of misery, to become better people for the people in our homes, but we know now that wasn't true. I never grabbed your arm while sinking in my dreams, I never screamed while I was awake, but only in my sleep, I was in pain my entire life. I never knew how to handle pain. I never called it out. I carried it with me. the pain was sharp. I wasn't. my edges got torn. there were fingerprints all over my face and body. my house was left empty. clean. not a soul inside. not a tear. I always dreamt of drowning. the sea was dreaming of dying inside me, being hyper ventilated. being choked with air and dryness. you never told me that I was draining all the joy from your life you never brought wine, nor cookies, nor take-away. the only thing you carried around in a doggie bag, after a dinner out at the restaurant, was you soul. or, what was left of it after both of us fed from it. you never cried in your sleep, but only while you were awake, you tried to warn me you were thunder, but I never got to hear the end of your words. you never left, you never came, you were always in my heart. we didn't make each other unhappier, but we didn't manage to do it the other way, either. we were never sorry. we never got to regret the ride. we were in this together. all in. all ice. we are the ones that cannot be forgiven, we are the east and the west, the Nile and the Amazon, each on his own continent, together on our own Earth, none of us in danger of ever becoming wadi, we were music. beautiful classical music that sounds great on its own but is awful if you play it all at once.. if you push through the speakers with Bach, add up Vivaldi, then Brahms, then Debussy, then throw in a little bit of Grieg, then Enescu, then salt things up with Puccini and, to spice things up, add just a pinch of Kennedy. what happens to people like us? the same thing that happens when people like us. we get lost. in a room full of people, we become invisible - like air. the only thing that proves that we still exist is all the dust that travels through us. we never liked them parties, we never really wanted to be there, yet we kept coming back, hoping to get it right this time. wishing to be a little more wiser this time around, wearing our best clothes and the lowest self-esteem. we are just so ******* happy to be alive. sorry. what I meant to say was "we are just so ******* less unhappy to be alive!" things were made, and mistakes were said, and none of us knew how to live love properly.
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Oct 5, 2018
Oct 5, 2018 at 12:40 PM UTC
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mistakes were made, and things were said, and none of us knew how to love life properly. we used to say that we're unhappy and that we tried and tried and tried but lied. that we did our best to change our state of misery, to become better people for the people in our homes, but we know now that wasn't true. I never grabbed your arm while sinking in my dreams, I never screamed while I was awake, but only in my sleep, I was in pain my entire life. I never knew how to handle pain. I never called it out. I carried it with me. the pain was sharp. I wasn't. my edges got torn. there were fingerprints all over my face and body. my house was left empty. clean. not a soul inside. not a tear. I always dreamt of drowning. the sea was dreaming of dying inside me, being hyper ventilated. being choked with air and dryness. you never told me that I was draining all the joy from your life you never brought wine, nor cookies, nor take-away. the only thing you carried around in a doggie bag, after a dinner out at the restaurant, was you soul. or, what was left of it after both of us fed from it. you never cried in your sleep, but only while you were awake, you tried to warn me you were thunder, but I never got to hear the end of your words. you never left, you never came, you were always in my heart. we didn't make each other unhappier, but we didn't manage to do it the other way, either. we were never sorry. we never got to regret the ride. we were in this together. all in. all ice. we are the ones that cannot be forgiven, we are the east and the west, the Nile and the Amazon, each on his own continent, together on our own Earth, none of us in danger of ever becoming wadi, we were music. beautiful classical music that sounds great on its own but is awful if you play it all at once.. if you push through the speakers with Bach, add up Vivaldi, then Brahms, then Debussy, then throw in a little bit of Grieg, then Enescu, then salt things up with Puccini and, to spice things up, add just a pinch of Kennedy. what happens to people like us? the same thing that happens when people like us. we get lost. in a room full of people, we become invisible - like air. the only thing that proves that we still exist is all the dust that travels through us. we never liked them parties, we never really wanted to be there, yet we kept coming back, hoping to get it right this time. wishing to be a little more wiser this time around, wearing our best clothes and the lowest self-esteem. we are just so ******* happy to be alive. sorry. what I meant to say was "we are just so ******* less unhappy to be alive!" things were made, and mistakes were said, and none of us knew how to live love properly.
miss-clofullia
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Oct 5, 2018
Oct 5, 2018 at 12:40 PM UTC
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