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_i always get the same gift,_ _just wrapped in different paper._ _i pause, i listen,_ _respond, honestly._ _i pause, reach out,_ _remember, i love you._ _i pause, awake early,_ _you rise, feast on my labor._ _i pause, i pay,_ _open wallet, for our memories._ _i pause, remember you,_ _a simple gift, out of love._ _i pause, i pause, i pause._ _i pause to give,_ _give all of what i have,_ _to love you, care for you,_ _to bring a smile to your face._ _my pauses become longer,_ _my body becomes weaker,_ _my heart becomes depleted,_ _my mind becomes scattered,_ _& im exhausted._ _so tired that my eyebags have eyebags,_ _my tears like a dried up lake,_ _my heart shriveled & empty._ _i gave all of me, all i had._ _every pause belonged to you._ _but none belonged to me._ _you look confused,_ _upset, hurt._ _you scoff, angry,_ _that i have become empty._ _you think i am neglecting you,_ _i try to pause for me._ _you accuse me of selfishness,_ _accuse me of manipulation._ _you say my pauses were calculations,_ _that i am only there when i need something._ _but i never needed anything,_ _just for you to..._ _pause._ _the gift i get, is all the same_ _just wrapped in different papers._ _leeches, vampires, vacuums,_ _anything to **** my heart dry._ _yet told that i should be grateful,_ _for receiving a gift at all._ _but all my pauses are gifts,_ _gifts of all i have to offer._ _to give a smile,_ _is sometimes all i have in me._ _but i will give it freely anyway._ _but no one pauses for me,_ _they just keep on walking._ _taking with them,_ _fragments of me._
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Sep 13, 2019
Sep 13, 2019 at 11:39 PM UTC
pauses
_i always get the same gift,_ _just wrapped in different paper._ _i pause, i listen,_ _respond, honestly._ _i pause, reach out,_ _remember, i love you._ _i pause, awake early,_ _you rise, feast on my labor._ _i pause, i pay,_ _open wallet, for our memories._ _i pause, remember you,_ _a simple gift, out of love._ _i pause, i pause, i pause._ _i pause to give,_ _give all of what i have,_ _to love you, care for you,_ _to bring a smile to your face._ _my pauses become longer,_ _my body becomes weaker,_ _my heart becomes depleted,_ _my mind becomes scattered,_ _& im exhausted._ _so tired that my eyebags have eyebags,_ _my tears like a dried up lake,_ _my heart shriveled & empty._ _i gave all of me, all i had._ _every pause belonged to you._ _but none belonged to me._ _you look confused,_ _upset, hurt._ _you scoff, angry,_ _that i have become empty._ _you think i am neglecting you,_ _i try to pause for me._ _you accuse me of selfishness,_ _accuse me of manipulation._ _you say my pauses were calculations,_ _that i am only there when i need something._ _but i never needed anything,_ _just for you to..._ _pause._ _the gift i get, is all the same_ _just wrapped in different papers._ _leeches, vampires, vacuums,_ _anything to **** my heart dry._ _yet told that i should be grateful,_ _for receiving a gift at all._ _but all my pauses are gifts,_ _gifts of all i have to offer._ _to give a smile,_ _is sometimes all i have in me._ _but i will give it freely anyway._ _but no one pauses for me,_ _they just keep on walking._ _taking with them,_ _fragments of me._
ninasloft
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Sep 13, 2019
Sep 13, 2019 at 11:39 PM UTC
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