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1. my hands won't stop shaking, and I like to pretend it's because they are filled with the stardust of your words and infused with the chemicals of your skin 2. you haven't spoken to me in weeks and haven't touched me in even longer 3. I also pretend that the twinkling lights all around represent each of our promises 4. in a few days' time, the lights will be gone and put away (an echo of our plans) 5. I see you in the glint of sunlight on the cornfields and the glow of the moon when I'm still awake at three in the morning and the slope of the mountains that trap us in this town together and in the curve of my own lips 6. the lips that I'm starting to believe you didn't think about kissing as much as I thought about kissing yours 7. most of all, I see you in the emptiness of the fog each morning 8. I have to stop myself from thinking your name 9. all my plans must be scratched out of my furnishings and a new layer carved on 10. I'm scared because I don't know how to be me without you
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Dec 24, 2013
Dec 24, 2013 at 4:25 AM UTC
Ten thoughts on losing you
1. my hands won't stop shaking, and I like to pretend it's because they are filled with the stardust of your words and infused with the chemicals of your skin 2. you haven't spoken to me in weeks and haven't touched me in even longer 3. I also pretend that the twinkling lights all around represent each of our promises 4. in a few days' time, the lights will be gone and put away (an echo of our plans) 5. I see you in the glint of sunlight on the cornfields and the glow of the moon when I'm still awake at three in the morning and the slope of the mountains that trap us in this town together and in the curve of my own lips 6. the lips that I'm starting to believe you didn't think about kissing as much as I thought about kissing yours 7. most of all, I see you in the emptiness of the fog each morning 8. I have to stop myself from thinking your name 9. all my plans must be scratched out of my furnishings and a new layer carved on 10. I'm scared because I don't know how to be me without you
jessica-matyas
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Dec 24, 2013
Dec 24, 2013 at 4:25 AM UTC
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