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I tried to smudge your name out of the playbill of my life, but I couldn't. Somehow, I'd convinced everyone around me, and even myself, at some points, that you were nothing but a mere what-if in my life of absolutes, and I didn't miss you. Of course, day in and day out, words and lines for unwritten poems would submerge my thoughts deep in murky, unfiltered tubs of darkness, and I'd find myself haunted by your existence. I tried to get over you, but I'm a poet, and the fact of the matter is that poets don't get over much of anything. So I'm sorry for this facade that I've so grudgingly constructed, but I've never been too good at saying goodbye... ..or sorry, for that matter.
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Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014 at 5:53 PM UTC
I Tried To Get Over You (But I'm a Poet)
I tried to smudge your name out of the playbill of my life, but I couldn't. Somehow, I'd convinced everyone around me, and even myself, at some points, that you were nothing but a mere what-if in my life of absolutes, and I didn't miss you. Of course, day in and day out, words and lines for unwritten poems would submerge my thoughts deep in murky, unfiltered tubs of darkness, and I'd find myself haunted by your existence. I tried to get over you, but I'm a poet, and the fact of the matter is that poets don't get over much of anything. So I'm sorry for this facade that I've so grudgingly constructed, but I've never been too good at saying goodbye... ..or sorry, for that matter.
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Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014 at 5:53 PM UTC
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