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Nov 2017
I just would like to know
When you woke up this morning
And picked your shirt out of your closet
Buttoned it up along the curves of your chest
Looked into the mirror and combed your hair
Did you think about how
You hurt a young woman you barely know?

I know the truth can be hard to step around
And its as if you avoided it like the plague
Afraid of what lies underneath
As if I went from one totem pole
To the dirt that surrounds it
Instead.

My face feels tired today
But thats no new feeling
It is cold like might
Outside these days
So I don a hat and grin
To bare it.

Offering up my hand
It seemed to not be enough for you
Retreating into your own darkness
I could rationalize it all day
Convincing me to stay
So that you could try to have  me
But I left because I didn't want to rush it
And you did what you had to do
To evade and avoid the truth
The truth that my name remains
Light and full of sunshine.
OnwardFlame
Written by
OnwardFlame  Los Angeles, CA
(Los Angeles, CA)   
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   Simon Obirek
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