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When it's over.

it's over

there's no worse feeling

than that point in an argument

when you realize you're wrong

but don't want to let go of your guns.

 

it's over

there's no worse moment in time

than that moment in your life

when you realize you're "this" old

and have wasted "this much" time

with the wrong people...

 

it's over

there's no worse admission

than that confession you tell your pillows

that you aren't jaded or wronged or used

but you're a selfish little nobody

that nobody else likes

because you remind them too much of themselves.

 

it's over

as you hear that final sound

not the whining of a noose or roar of a gun

but that ragged whisper of your last breath

your eyes shutting down like a screen whose backlight is going out

and there is nothing there

and as you realize it, what a mistake it was to die

you fight the hardest you ever have

in the bit of the time you have left

to remember a single second

of the life

you wish

you'd lived.

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Jul 5, 2010
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