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Midnight Again

Midnight again

Exasperated sigh from the insomnia

I find myself staring at a blank piece of paper, pen in my hand

Thoughts of you flooding my mind again

What can I write that I haven't already said

How many different ways can I express my desire for you and the heartache from not having you

Well not having you to myself

I guess the exhausted question is, is it better to have a piece of you or would it be better to just wash my hands of this completely?

I'm alone

And you're never alone

When we're together, I can force myself to forget that there's someone else

I force myself to stay in that moment of just you and me

And the feelings I get are so euphoric

I feel so happy

And I begin to fantasize that it could be this way forever

How insanely ridiculous to set myself up that way

Cause you leave, and the torment starts all over again

I miss you as if I haven't seen you in months

And I kick myself because this is all my fault

If I had just walked away all the times I told myself I should

After all the times I'd say I was done

But I just can't

My life doesn't feel right without you in it

Maybe it's the excitement of the chase

Or the overwhelming loneliness I feel and fear in general

I wonder if I gave you an ultimatum

If I made you choose life with me and just me

Or life without me at all

If you'd realize you fear life without me too

Or if you'd walk away with no hesitation at all

Every time I try to ask

My mouth goes dry

I can barely swallow the lump in my throat

It's like I can't breathe

So I save it for another day

And another

And then another

And despite my procrastination

Daylight has begun to creep through the night sky

It's another day

Another chance for resolution, no matter how bitter

But if I never find the backbone to ask you...

Will I ever find the strength to leave you.....

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Written by
jaimee-michelle
35 / F / American
Published
Mar 22, 2015
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A. #fallinforafriend #itssocomplicated #hesscaredthstwithmeitssoreal #excuses? #truth #icantseemtowalkaway #weak

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