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Instead of You

It's been a year since you've been gone

By now you'd think that I'd moved on

But I'm still not ready for goodbye.

I still dream of it at night

Of screeching tires and bright headlights

But I still have yet to cry.

You know I see you everywhere

Anywhere I go, I feel you there

I just keep asking myself why.

Why, instead of touching your face

Am I tracing letters on a stone?

Why, even though I was with you

Did you have to die alone?

And even though you're in a better place

Why can't I see your face?

How can this nightmare be true?

Why wasn't it me instead of you?

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shayla
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May 20, 2010
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