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A Story Told Halfway True.

I don't remember much:

There was a great crash

and a sense of falling.

There was a sinking feeling

and an instinct to leave at once.

Then there came a thought,

that I had been here before.

How many times,

Walking on broken glass

It seems no matter how

soft my steps

or care to position

I still come up with ****** feet.

 

I don't want to be that girl:

who sits and assures

It's all right!

I don't feel a thing!

The truth is, I feel everything

(only)in dark hues

of blue and green.

 

I'm not quite sure:

whose fault it is.

You've given me

thoughts

like cuts to the bottom of my feet

You've given me broken glass

for my thoughts

You've given me a love

for the color of a rose

best when seen out of my veins.

You've given me everything I've wanted

And you want it back.

Tell me whose fault is that?

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Aug 19, 2010
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