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You stole my breath but needed only ask. Gave love freely and demanded the same back. You took no **** so never gave one. You showed me the way - my eyes followed you - to feel no regret. You were bold and brazen, I was empathetically italicized, leaning on you in times of duress. You gave and gave and gave and gave and gave two-bit trinkets half-assed like alimony. I took and took and took until I was overburdened and rooted in place. You walked away like an action hero and never looked back. You showed me the way - my eyes followed you - straight out the window. Yesterday you gave      me a call. Said      you were fine. I didn't ask      if you felt my eyes      searching you out      in dreams, digging deeper through memories to us, together. You teaching me to love      selfishly, showing me the way you did. My eyes followed you,   followed yours      following her, and you showed me the way you felt no regrets. Perhaps sometime I can show you how I find my way straight out the window and let your eyes follow me down.
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Jul 14, 2014
Jul 14, 2014 at 9:35 PM UTC
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You stole my breath but needed only ask. Gave love freely and demanded the same back. You took no **** so never gave one. You showed me the way - my eyes followed you - to feel no regret. You were bold and brazen, I was empathetically italicized, leaning on you in times of duress. You gave and gave and gave and gave and gave two-bit trinkets half-assed like alimony. I took and took and took until I was overburdened and rooted in place. You walked away like an action hero and never looked back. You showed me the way - my eyes followed you - straight out the window. Yesterday you gave      me a call. Said      you were fine. I didn't ask      if you felt my eyes      searching you out      in dreams, digging deeper through memories to us, together. You teaching me to love      selfishly, showing me the way you did. My eyes followed you,   followed yours      following her, and you showed me the way you felt no regrets. Perhaps sometime I can show you how I find my way straight out the window and let your eyes follow me down.
Lots of help from Jamie L Johnson (http://hellopoetry.com/jamie-l-johnson/) and my dear friend Blu. As always, thanks for reading!
#love#heartbreak#suicide#abuse#infidelity#divorce
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Jul 14, 2014
Jul 14, 2014 at 9:35 PM UTC
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