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I'm Sorry

I see shapes in your sunken eyes, pressing like last night's lifeline, telling you to keep your heart safe, but I have to look away. Please don't cry, I can't possibly turn tears to gold. I'm not the type to indicate what should fill these empty spaces and I don't know what to say when you don't say it first. When the shivering starts you'll see, I can't be your blankets and late-night radio, or anything you used to believe. When those eyes mean oceans in mine, you'll see how nothing I can be.
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brittlebird
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May 1, 2015
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Day 30 of NaPoWriMo. Last day!

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