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Those Who Follow

by britney-lyn

And I feel like a shadow following submissively a long. Unnoticed. I make no sound, only repeating the motions I have been equipped to follow. My manual, just empty pages because I'm not even my own person or am I? I have no story to tell, just watching, waiting for you to write so I can follow suit. And I follow you, everywhere you go, but every time it gets a little dark in this room I disappear. Because you no longer need me, you no longer want me. You just want sleep. So I leave you to dream those dreams and I simply blend into the background. You never notice when I'm gone and hardly at all when I'm there. It hurts my feeling, or are these feelings yours? The only difference is you shine bright and I don't shine at all. You lead I follow. And even if I wanted to lead I’d always end up falling behind again because I'm just a shadow, and shadows don't get to lead. Am I your shadow? Because I don't want to be...
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Written by
britney-lyn
29 / F
For You?
Written by
britney-lyn
29 / F
Published
Feb 25, 2017
Time
2m
Notes

Late night thoughts creeping around in my head before bed. Sorry if it's shitty I literally wrote it down just now with no edit. Possibly fix it later. Goodnight.

Tags
#love#relationships#shadow#follow#shine#lead#submissive#obey#dominant#tearaway
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