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I can't blame you

Sometimes its the only way

Running from something

Because of the honest reality of it

 

I can't blame you

I've done the same

Trusting my leathered skin

The souls of my feet

To carry me past these horizons

 

I don't blame you

But know this

I'm still here

I'm not upset

I'm not hurting

I'm still waiting

For the beat of my heart not to call your name

For the breath in my lungs to stop sighing at the thought of you

 

I'm still waiting

For the skin of my hands to stop tingling from the feel of you

For the memories of us to subside

 

Remember I'm still her

I'm still the girl that embraced you when no one would

Still the girl that showed you things you hadn't known

The girl that broadened your horizons

I'm still she that carried your heart

When you thought it would fall from your chest

 

I'm still here

I'm not going anywhere

I'll stand on this hillside

Whispers of you lingering on my ears

Legs quivering at your proximity

As your eyes probed mine

And your lips uttered words

That left me standing here waiting

 

"I can't do this anymore"

 

But I can

I'll be yours until the cows come home

Until the endless machinery of humanity breaks down

Til pigs fly

I am yours

 

I'll be here

Where you took the ground from under me

Waiting for the day you realize

You need me

Maybe not my lips

Or my heart

But my spirit

My friendship

 

You can find me here

Where I lost my heart to you

Here

Until the rain that falls mutates my skin

Until wildlife roots their life with mine

Until children come and stare

Having heard the whispers as I became this urban legend

 

I'll be here

Waiting for you

Here

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caroline-1
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Apr 21, 2013
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