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com-pli-ment

Do not tell me that I am beautiful

Do not even tell me I am pretty

Because your words will ensnare my heart

and burn like ******

because how can you tell me those lies

those

lies

they hurt almost more than the arsenic I feel when you don't breathe a word

and maybe if you say those words enough

I will loose myself in your smile

and believe you

but then they will only stick like honey

and blister my core

then the moment you leave

I'll be worse off than before

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May 19, 2013
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