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I never thought it would hurt this much, seeing the world pass, people smiling and living, doing everything I'm not. I sit alone in the shadows, hiding from the world, hiding my true self, ashamed of who I've become. A cigarette in one hand, my lighter in the other, watching the smoke surround me, flicking the ash as it burns. I bring it to my mouth, another pull, another thought, the smile becoming faint. My only real happiness coming from the rush, each crave become more overwhelming, it begins as a few, it ends as a chain. The only real thing keeping me going, keeping my soul lit, are these burning cigarettes, yet I'm slowly smoking my life away.
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Dec 26, 2013
Dec 26, 2013 at 5:36 PM UTC
Cigarette
I never thought it would hurt this much, seeing the world pass, people smiling and living, doing everything I'm not. I sit alone in the shadows, hiding from the world, hiding my true self, ashamed of who I've become. A cigarette in one hand, my lighter in the other, watching the smoke surround me, flicking the ash as it burns. I bring it to my mouth, another pull, another thought, the smile becoming faint. My only real happiness coming from the rush, each crave become more overwhelming, it begins as a few, it ends as a chain. The only real thing keeping me going, keeping my soul lit, are these burning cigarettes, yet I'm slowly smoking my life away.
charlotte-green
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Dec 26, 2013
Dec 26, 2013 at 5:36 PM UTC
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