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258 days, August

258 days,

 

August

Between July and August,

I think I said the dumbest things I've ever said to any organism that breathes, ever.

Ever.

I went so crazy throughout the summer.

I kept missing Nick.

I told you such horrible **** I should really just ******* **** myself for what I told you.

I seriously told you I only was with you because you'd probably hurt yourself.

I seriously told you that fair wasn't important.

I threw hissy fits over not hanging out. When it was mostly my fault anyway.

Doesn't that just prove how awful I am

...

You know, I'll probably treat the next girl to stumble into my heart bad too.

I'm a bad person.

Surely I will, because I'll never get over you, who I called my soul mate...

So how could I treat the next person well?

Instead, to save everyone the trouble,

I should probably just **** myself. Really.

But I can't push myself to do it,

Because that seems like an easy way out of this pain

That's a way out of my pain.

I need to keep living this life I'm in now

I need to keep suffering and dying, without you.

I've convinced myself I deserve it.

My life is so awful, that I consider living normally a form of self harm...

 

So anyway...

 

I kind of took Brandon under my wing, as he missed Nick too, even more than I did,

I spent way more time with Brandon, than I did with you.

I'm sorry I did so. He felt so guilty, for not going over there, how he or I could have saved him.

 

I spent the whole first week of this month out of state too.

Hold on, rewind the tape.

I told you what you were doing was unimportant

Yet I was out of state at a country music festival and that was supposed to be important?

I was so ******* stupid.

 

It was only then that I realized how ******* horrible I was to you. When I finally started piecing this whole thing together.

 

I can't blame your parents for jack squat.

I don't blame your friends.

I don't blame that girl you're falling for, that picked you up,

Because you needed picked up.

I still can't believe what I did to you.

 

Invited you over on my brothers birthday,

I would be moving into my parents house soon, and I wanted you to meet them

You smeared icing on my nose,

I got you back.

My grandparents were there, and things were moderately happy.

At least, okay...

 

Then I saw the scars on your arm.

Then I lost my cool.

Then when I drove you home,

I drove as if I was dropping you off at the ******* hospital like you were ******* dying

And after I dropped you off

I drove like I was ******* suicidal

 

It was my fault you relapsed

I'll always blame myself

Because I treated you like ******* ****

And I can't not blame myself.

I can't blame you for anything looking back

Because all I did was tear you up and let you down

I told you it was okay.

You didn't believe me...

Meanwhile I was fuming,

Some because of the promise you made me

But really, because all I'd ever done was **** things up

I can't blame this on your parents.

I can't blame you.

 

That's August.

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