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Feb 11
a ghost in my backyard
is it bad i wish you suffering
because it means you're alive
we promised moonlight
we promised beach
but i float down the shore alone
my feet yet to touch ocean floor
as your dust settles back into the stars
the tide keeps pulling away
i see the rippled glass of the sand
a face shaped wildly by the sunlight you never got to see
a distorted image of me
i imagine you lived a hundred thousand years just to believe the line wasn't cut short
i imagine you lived a hundred thousand years just to believe the line wasn't cut short
in the shells i pick up, are lies
and i fill my mouth with all these little shells
you lived a hundred thousand years
you lived enough to see
you know me, even now
and your dust wont settle in the stars
it'll form in a ghost in my backyard
#beach
#stars
#shells
#years
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