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Out There

Here I am again

Sitting at work on the bathroom floor

Wiping black tears from my face

This has happened before

All because of a story about

Someone else’s good day

 

I don’t want to get into details

Because when I think about it

I can’t stop

Let’s just say the movies

Don’t prepare you to be

Constantly pushed around

Until you confuse love for

Sleepless nights and grayness

 

I’m my own worst enemy

I can talk myself out of almost anything

Who would love a girl who’s afraid to feel?

It just seems like I get punished

Every time I give up

Anything beneath the surface

I don’t want to give anyone a chance

To be unimpressed

 

I dream of my pain being

Endearing

And for someone to sweep me off my feet

Like in a movie

I didn’t think that it could ever happen

And then despite my wrongs

You knew just what to say

For me to want to open the door to my cave

 

Because I don't want to be my own enemy

I want to take chances without even thinking

I want to love and to feel everything

To share what's beneath the surface and

To have it be worth it

I won't be scared of someone being unimpressed

Because you are impressed

I'll do my best

To keep my head

Out of the way of

What's coming next

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mary-kate-p
American
Published
Aug 19, 2011
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