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I Cannot Be Held Responsible (For Teenage Angst)

I look for love under boulders and stones because angels cannot help.

Heaven parted the land with seas so I cannot see my dream.

So I am left in the eye of the storm and Tsunamis got me feeling hopeless,

Because I am aid less.

Deprived of human contacts.

Waiting for the ship to dock but instead I'm left staring at the digital clock where your name should be.

Instead, I'm getting let down by an answering machine with a pleasant recording.

Too bad technology isn't enough for me.

Instead, I hold hands with strangers to feel an empty comfort because you can't even text me goodnight.

I throw **** around my room, wishing I was aiming at you

Because you let me down when your presence was crucial

If only vocal.

**** I would have settled for the simplest literary visual

Because at least then I'd know that your thoughts were with me

And my paranoia was silly

And the abuse I inflicted on the Teddy Bear you gave me for Xmas was unnecessary.

Then I'd take back all the curses,

The I-Hate-Yous.

I'll say sorry.

Re-stitch the results from the aforementioned brutality.

I don't even need an apology.

I just need to know that you actually love me.

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Jan 18, 2010
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