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amor vincit omnia

I’m sitting here drunk on stolen ***

Staring at the bottle I’ve been drinking from

Empty of virtue, empty of sin

Wishing for a swig of hundred-year gin.

My thoughts are wandering, or nonexistent,

Anything that comes is insufficient.

It’s just a craving to fill a space

Left by someone who stole my taste.

It’s not the juice that has me tipsy

Considering I’ve been playing gypsy

Travelling to nowhere, dragging my heart

Watching my soul being spread apart.

It’s the fear of falling, both in love and out,

Never knowing what you’re about.

It’s the sense of drowning, of being pulled under,

Of feeling the crash but empty of thunder,

The mixed interactions, the constant rash questions,

Attempting to sprint nine different directions,

Seeing you write all the truths I’ve been told

Then watching each lie slowly gently unfold.

It’s sickening me, I thought I knew you

Until I saw your true colors come through.

I felt secure, as though I had sight

Dancing and kissing under forty watt light

Singing and laughing, feeling your touch,

Then experiencing the words “this is too much.”

It’s like standing on concrete and feeling it crack

Opening a paintbox and finding all black.

I’m so over this game, this half-hearted living

Falling for feelings that aren’t so forgiving

But I can’t seem to detach myself from the curse

It’s a destructive addiction, and it only gets worse.

I’m not even angry, I don’t even want blood,

I’m just sick of feeling like I’m running in mud

So I need some protection, a blanket I’ve sewn

Of lessons I’ve learned and people I’ve known.

It’s not that I’m fearful, I still want the passion,

I’m just not getting trampled by your misguided actions.

In a sense I’m surrounded, my heart’s walls are high

But I’m willing to open if you’re willing to try.

Don’t think that you have to be perfect for me

Just tell me the truth, allow me to see.

We can even forget to give it a name

Friendly but physical, I can play that game

Just whatever you do, don’t call it love

Cause that isn’t the feeling I was thinking of.

If we can be honest, we can be friends

But as far as I care, that’s where it ends.

So as I huddle alone, soft focused with wine

No sense of direction, just killing time

I expose my still heart, and find it rubbed raw

From escaping the weight of confusion’s cold claw

I’m drinking it numb, constricting the light

Fervently sipping the froth of a pint

It makes me uneasy, but goes down like silk

As though I’m gulping thick sweetened milk

I need a sense of emotional healing

But crave the completeness of warm unfeeling

I want to get high, but then it’s easy to fall

Deliciously nervous then crushed from it all

So I’d rather shoot whisky, let it burn down my throat

Contemplate every ****** I wrote

Purposefully killing whatever’s inside

So I can forget about it, stop trying to hide

Each time I felt stupid, each time I got ******

Gripping for something that didn’t exist.

But don’t think this stopped me, I’ll sober up soon

But you’ll always be hung-over past noon.

Your selfishness suits you, so I guess the ultimate test

Is seeing whose love life comes out for the best.

I’m not one for pining, I’ve had my last drink

Contrary to what ever **** you might think

I’m telling you otherwise, if you think that I care

Please get over yourself and try growing a pair.

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Written by
kirsten-nichole
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Published
Sep 14, 2012
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