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next to her

i

am a failure.

an inconsistent outline

paper thin and withering

 

and she

she knows sadness

the way i know

every line from

romeo and juliet

the way i stutter

when i speak honestly

 

she knows depression

like a white blank page

and no inspiration

for an artist

like a canon ball shot

over an empty sea

 

i

am a failure

her cuts as deep

as the chasms beneath

what we know of the ocean

mine as shallow

as the things i think

and know of

 

i want to feel

the hatred

she feels when

she meets her own gaze

i want to be able

to destroy myself

with a single thought

 

the way i supposed

i could

but i

am a failure

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Written by
paige-elliott
American
Published
May 2, 2013
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