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How Lonely It Is

People don't understand

how lonely it is to be a kid

so two of the loneliest

into a soft bed slid

 

soft kisses

mixed with hard hearts

she took the lead

and we played our parts

 

we learned in lust

we moved in motion

how could either foresee

the lurking inset emotion

 

a heart won't ache

unless it was made to feel

and a heart won't long

unless that feeling was real

 

so we go to sleep

longing a body to hold

our beds far too empty

our sheets have grown cold

 

but I won't regret

those things that we did

because for just a second

I wasn't such a lonely kid

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Written by
joseph-perales
American
Published
Mar 27, 2011
Lines·Words
24·112
Notes

The first two lines are a partial quote from my favorite scene in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

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