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Liars, Thieves, and Stalkers

We're breaking the rules

One judge says I'm wrong

That I'm the evil mastermind concocting our crimes

One tells me it's your fault

You're the one with something to lose

but still making the mistakes

(Is it even a mistake?)

The jury stands watch from the sidelines

And they whisper the questions amongst themselves

("What are they doing?")

We stand in the center, undivided by blame and fault

We're in this together

Fingers intertwined (behind our backs)

Because the third judge is watching

Eyes like slits, she's reaching out for your hand

("Childish boy, I don't care what you want!")

But that hand, the boy who tells me of his love for October and how bored of people he is, it's all mine

You hear that? You're mine.

The judges' decrees don't mean a **** thing

When each silent look we exchange gives me more reason to fight

("Nothing, just glad I have you.")

I may have broken laws with you

but it doesn't feel as wrong

nor as beautiful

as breaking the rules

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Written by
scarlet-london
American
Published
Oct 30, 2013
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I can't decide whether or not I'm a bad person

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