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I think it was the way
Your hair fell across my lap
As you slept.

Or maybe it was the way
I watched your eyes light the room
As you looked for me.

Or it could have been the smile
On your face the first time
I awkwardly kissed you.

Maybe it's the way your
Hands trace love notes into
My arm when you want my attention.

Whatever the moment,
I knew you were the one
From the beginning of it.

And even though I know
The exact moment that I had to
Choose you,

Every moment since has been
A subtle reminder
That it was a risk worth taking.
Shianne Michelle Sep 2016
It's hard enough, watching you grow into a rose, when I am merely a dandelion.
I feel like poison in your presence, in your golden apple of a life.
Yes she was once your butterfly but I'll never be anything more than a ******* moth.
I love you.
I'm sorry.
Don't leave me.
I see you stop and stare as girls who remind you of her walk down the street.  
I watch your eyes glaze over in defeat, you've buried everything like a dead body in a meadow of regret with no time to mourn.
I tell you I'm fine with razors against my lips and my fingers crossed behind my back.  
I am not fine.
So on the days that I seal my own shell closed with cement.
I want you to know, I'm thinking about her. The girl who was once your butterfly. When all I'll ever be, is a moth.

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