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i'm a coward

caffeine and smoke may fuel an addiction

poetry may soothe an aching soul

but in the early hours of the morning

i can't seem to find a cure

 

i haven't graced you with a smile recently

and you said i haven't laughed for days

i'm tangled inside of this constant thought

mi vida, i'm sorry my happiness can't be bought

 

i'm drenched in recurring memories even as i sleep

it's raining in my mind... and outside

today's going to be black, and blue, and grey

it's taken so long to get here... to the end of may

 

i speak of you, with such high regard

contemplate your steps through a normal day

for you, anything to bring me in even closer

and pray to anything, anyone, that i won't think of her

 

caffeine and smoke may fuel an addiction

poetry may soothe an aching soul

but in the early hours of the morning

i can't seem to find a cure

 

a weary mind, a sick stomach, a lack of words

i'm a coward

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richelle-leigh
American
Published
May 31, 2012
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