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It Wasn't Like the Movies

Hello love

I haven't heard your voice for days now

You were always one for the dramatic

I just didn't expect this

You left me so suddenly, you know?

And it wasn't like the movies

There was no last kiss

or embrace

Just your body lying lifeless on a silver tray

I had them cremate you

Because I just couldn't bear the thought of you

Six feet under

Left to decompose amongst living things

Like a mockery of your passing

Your ashes are spread amongst our special place

Somewhere only we knew

I refuse to accept you're gone

This love was never bittersweet

Nor was it easy

No, this love was ours

And it's end wasn't climactic

It wasn't like the movies

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Written by
melisa-f
Published
Jul 7, 2013
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22·122
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I've been writing short films for a little while now and I decided to take things from a different, more blunt, realistic perspective. I wanted to write about how when true love is taken, it isn't like a film, or something written in books. There most often isn't a fairytale ending. When love is taken, the partner remaining is suddenly left to begin anew.

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