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May 2016
I'm the girl who rolls into town when life makes you numb.
The girl who steals your attention and your heart and strikes you dumb.
You need an adventure, enchantment, romance, and I need a good time.
I'll draw you out of this life you pantomime.

I'm here to soothe your pain, to excite you
To make your own conscience start a fight with you
Don't worry lover, I'll make you a better person
There’s a lot you don’t know about me,
but I guess that’s part of my charm.

I'm the girl you put on the shelf when your adventure is over.
The girl who disappears without a trace after you've learned your valuable life lesson.

The audience doesn't care about my plot.
I am merely the device you use to claim greatness.

I'm everything you ever wanted for a week.
But what about what I want?

Where's my forever?
My Mr. Dark and Mysterious who teaches me to love again after you've taught me time and time again that I'm not a permanent fixture?

That I'm not enduring
I'm just a phase
A hit of adrenaline after shuffling through your days.

The truth is I'm not who you've made me.
I'm not quirky.
I'm not a special snowflake.
I'm not the sidekick in your insightful journey.

I'm damaged and I'm the heroine in my own tale.
And you?
You are my manic pixie dream boy
who teaches me how to fail.
Jackilyn Teague
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