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*Stay in bed Sometimes turning to my right Until I close my eyes* I feel my face turn moonlight silvering with tears, midnight. You're off to Boston, he's off to sleep, I'm off to the last time I remember seeing my dead old friend's face, his veiny arms, my unknowing. I can feel my heart settle into a place in my chest, not occupied for the better part of a week. I've been distracted, making choices that will probably **** me in a month's time. *Cause when I came home I’d lost thirty something pounds* I think of your little nose, scarred legs, tiny laughter shaking your tiny body on this tiny Earth in this tiny space we exist in. The space we exist in. I think of how small of a box I am contained to. My fingertips will never reach further than I can see. *And I won’t be nice to anyone Because I don’t see why I should I don’t see the point* No amount of tears will bring him back, that blood was stilled a long time ago. No amount of my effort matters anything because you're too many months ahead of me, too many heartbeats away, too many lives into it. I just pick up and drop people like peaches- bruised, unholy sweetness, ripe. I bite my own tongue until it is bubble gum. I want to be a better person. I've been working on it. I think you're getting me there, somehow, someway. *I won’t, I won't get clean For the rest of my life I won’t be nice*
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Dec 9, 2016
Dec 9, 2016 at 12:23 AM UTC
I Say Okay
*Stay in bed Sometimes turning to my right Until I close my eyes* I feel my face turn moonlight silvering with tears, midnight. You're off to Boston, he's off to sleep, I'm off to the last time I remember seeing my dead old friend's face, his veiny arms, my unknowing. I can feel my heart settle into a place in my chest, not occupied for the better part of a week. I've been distracted, making choices that will probably **** me in a month's time. *Cause when I came home I’d lost thirty something pounds* I think of your little nose, scarred legs, tiny laughter shaking your tiny body on this tiny Earth in this tiny space we exist in. The space we exist in. I think of how small of a box I am contained to. My fingertips will never reach further than I can see. *And I won’t be nice to anyone Because I don’t see why I should I don’t see the point* No amount of tears will bring him back, that blood was stilled a long time ago. No amount of my effort matters anything because you're too many months ahead of me, too many heartbeats away, too many lives into it. I just pick up and drop people like peaches- bruised, unholy sweetness, ripe. I bite my own tongue until it is bubble gum. I want to be a better person. I've been working on it. I think you're getting me there, somehow, someway. *I won’t, I won't get clean For the rest of my life I won’t be nice*
God, please don't leave
lauren-r
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Dec 9, 2016
Dec 9, 2016 at 12:23 AM UTC
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