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Tick Tock

They say once your heart is

Broken there's a

Clock on when you cry I mean you

Wake up in the morning and you're whispering his name

I wonder why it

Hits me when I'm

Staring in the mirror, counting all the reasons I would prob'bly leave me too but you know

That's the ******* problem that's why

All the bad boys win they

Teach you that your image isn't

Whole when they're not there they

Twist your arm behind your back cause

You like to hold their hand and

Then when they let go it's like the

Pain of phantom limb, you

Wish there was that pressure still that

Felt like you belonged but

"Property" and "follow me" aren't really

What you need there's

Not so many hours just to

Give to someone else you

Have to wonder if you want to be

Obedient or not my point

Is that I'm so in love that

I can't tie my shoes but

I know that

If I asked he wouldn't

Bend his knees to help so as much

As I don't like to shake or

Lie myself to sleep I

Recognize that hazel eyes are

Not my Golden Fleece and

Cold steel in my stomach tells me

"Call just one more time" but

Nothing about how he speaks

Suggests that he's still mine and

You know that's the ******* problem that I

Want to own him too I

Want promises that make the days

Seem shorter than they are I'm

Definitely broken but that's not

What matters most

It's that every time I see his face I

Flinch a little less so

Please let me remind you and I

Guess myself as well that

Clocks are obsolete unless

You choose to face the wall

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emma-n-boyer
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Sep 25, 2017
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