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My room is a mess
 debri settled on the nightstand from sleepover confessions, spilling all the secrets collecting dust inside our rib cages 
 ashes scattered across my roof from long nights of hoping the smoke would fill the spaces left 
by our fathers 
bladeless pencil sharpeners casting shame from my dresser 
 empty liquor bottles downed with hazy eyes and thoughts of those stupid ******* boys who won’t stop breaking our hearts and maybe 
I don’t know why I haven’t just put myself out but 
how can you smother a fire when the ashes are already cold
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Jul 2, 2015
Jul 2, 2015 at 11:49 PM UTC
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My room is a mess
 debri settled on the nightstand from sleepover confessions, spilling all the secrets collecting dust inside our rib cages 
 ashes scattered across my roof from long nights of hoping the smoke would fill the spaces left 
by our fathers 
bladeless pencil sharpeners casting shame from my dresser 
 empty liquor bottles downed with hazy eyes and thoughts of those stupid ******* boys who won’t stop breaking our hearts and maybe 
I don’t know why I haven’t just put myself out but 
how can you smother a fire when the ashes are already cold
my mom keeps telling me to clean my room but I can't bring myself to touch the remnants of what we used to be
godsends
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Jul 2, 2015
Jul 2, 2015 at 11:49 PM UTC
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