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I set an empty plate on the other side of the table I’ve been expecting her all day, the least she could do is show up for dinner I pour her some wine, I know she hates red I write a card and lay out some flowers in case it’s something I said It’s growing late so I lay out all of the dishes I eat alone and my hopes diminish as I play our song with no one there to hear it I even made mashed potatoes, her all-time favorite I put the wrapped box with her name on it where I know she’ll see it I end up drinking both glasses Hell why not the bottle Another year has passed and I can’t bury the sorrow Of the choice she made not to wake up on the ‘morrow Is it my fault she left? She said I just wasn’t enough this time But I tried my best I’ve never been able to get the guilt off of my chest
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Jul 6, 2015
Jul 6, 2015 at 10:19 PM UTC
Another Year
I set an empty plate on the other side of the table I’ve been expecting her all day, the least she could do is show up for dinner I pour her some wine, I know she hates red I write a card and lay out some flowers in case it’s something I said It’s growing late so I lay out all of the dishes I eat alone and my hopes diminish as I play our song with no one there to hear it I even made mashed potatoes, her all-time favorite I put the wrapped box with her name on it where I know she’ll see it I end up drinking both glasses Hell why not the bottle Another year has passed and I can’t bury the sorrow Of the choice she made not to wake up on the ‘morrow Is it my fault she left? She said I just wasn’t enough this time But I tried my best I’ve never been able to get the guilt off of my chest
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Jul 6, 2015
Jul 6, 2015 at 10:19 PM UTC
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