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i think the worst part wasn’t losing you. it was losing the person i was when you still looked at me like i was your favorite place to be. now you’re just someone i used to know in present tense— alive somewhere, laughing in rooms i’ll never enter again. and i’m here learning how to forget you without pretending you didn’t matter. we didn’t end.
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Mar 30
Mar 30, 2026 at 7:08 PM UTC
losing you
i don't understand you and i couldn't so i can't say i do and i can't make it sound beautiful when i say i love you and god, i can't make you believe it either even when it might be the truest thing i've ever said; i love you i love you i love you; the girl who called me a star- there have been more than you but still; you can't plan ahead for pain prepare for being hurt become willing for life you can't make yourself used to your heart being crushed and all the little pieces stomped on one by one until all you are is powder; dust; a wreck floating aimlessly in the infinite space-
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Mar 22
Mar 22, 2026 at 8:33 PM UTC
i don't get it
I didn’t mean to make you worry Im sorry Im so so sorry I didn’t mean to add that pin to our board That was supposed to be filled with love But somehow my depression pin got added I didn’t mean to not tell you what was going on I haven’t told you any of it and I didn’t want you to worry I didn’t mean to ignore your 20 texts about it I didn’t mean to lie and tell you it was nothing Because really I didn’t want to be a burden around you I didn’t mean to text you in tears Saying I couldn’t breathe And my heart wasnt beating right And I was sobbing And shaking And panicking I didn’t mean to bother you I didn’t mean to tell you I didn’t know why it happened I didn’t mean to drink that much caffeine I didn’t mean to run all the way to the library when I was gone I didn’t mean to be terrified you’d leave if you knew what was going on in my head I didn’t mean to stress you out I promise I didn’t mean for anything to happen It was supposed to be a secret I was supposed to be fine I was supposed to be perfect I was supposed to not be a burden around you I didn’t mean to I promise…
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Mar 10
Mar 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM UTC
I didnt mean to
You didn’t notice, did you? You didn’t notice when you pretended to be asleep in the car just to have your mother carry you up to bed for the last time. You didn’t notice when you ran to the door and yelled “daddy’s home!” after work and he picked you up and spun you around for the last time. You didn’t notice when the rain washed away your chalk drawings off the sidewalk and you never went back out to colour hopscotch again. You didn’t notice when you dried off after you danced in the rain and jumped in the puddles, you started caring about your hair and makeup getting ruined and you never went back out. You didn’t notice that you hung up those plastic play phones and never opened one again, you had a real one now and it wasn’t a toy, but an addiction. You didn’t notice that you put on your shoes after playing in the ball pit and you never took them off again. You didn’t notice when you ate ice cream for the last time without counting calories in your head. You didn’t notice when you had your last fight with your sister about who got the passenger seat before you started arguing over who got to drive the car. You didn’t notice when you stopped believing in Santa Claus, as the magic of Christmas was replaced with material wishlists. You didn’t notice when you stopped believing in the monster under your bed, as it started to come out in the reflection in the mirror. You didn’t notice when you went to field day for the last time. When you got your last participation trophy. When you kicked your brother's seat on a road trip for the last time. When you had your last play date with your barbies. When you had the last Disney movie night with your parents. You didn’t notice that grandparents don’t last forever. You didn’t notice that your childhood cat wasn’t eternal. You didn’t notice that your parents were growing up, too. You didn’t notice, did you? You didn’t notice that you grew up. But you notice it now, don’t you? You notice it every time you look in the mirror. And you were shocked because your reflection doesn’t look familiar. You look older, you look tired. You look like it's been centuries since you’ve let your imagination run wild. You look like you don’t even remember what it's like to be a child. And you notice it every time you look back at pictures. And you notice that you are at the age that little you were always wishing for. And you notice how you never thought you’d make it this far. Adulthood was a fantasy, as the games you would play. But here you are. And you notice it now, don’t you? Time goes by too fast.
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Feb 27
Feb 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM UTC
You Didn't Notice
You didn’t notice, did you? You didn’t notice when you pretended to be asleep in the car just to have your mother carry you up to bed for the last time. You didn’t notice when you ran to the door and yelled “daddy’s home!” after work and he picked you up and spun you around for the last time. You didn’t notice when the rain washed away your chalk drawings off the sidewalk and you never went back out to colour hopscotch again. You didn’t notice when you dried off after you danced in the rain and jumped in the puddles, you started caring about your hair and makeup getting ruined and you never went back out. You didn’t notice that you hung up those plastic play phones and never opened one again, you had a real one now and it wasn’t a toy, but an addiction. You didn’t notice that you put on your shoes after playing in the ball pit and you never took them off again. You didn’t notice when you ate ice cream for the last time without counting calories in your head. You didn’t notice when you had your last fight with your sister about who got the passenger seat before you started arguing over who got to drive the car. You didn’t notice when you stopped believing in Santa Claus, as the magic of Christmas was replaced with material wishlists. You didn’t notice when you stopped believing in the monster under your bed, as it started to come out in the reflection in the mirror. You didn’t notice when you went to field day for the last time. When you got your last participation trophy. When you kicked your brother's seat on a road trip for the last time. When you had your last play date with your barbies. When you had the last Disney movie night with your parents. You didn’t notice that grandparents don’t last forever. You didn’t notice that your childhood cat wasn’t eternal. You didn’t notice that your parents were growing up, too. You didn’t notice, did you? You didn’t notice that you grew up. But you notice it now, don’t you? You notice it every time you look in the mirror. And you were shocked because your reflection doesn’t look familiar. You look older, you look tired. You look like it's been centuries since you’ve let your imagination run wild. You look like you don’t even remember what it's like to be a child. And you notice it every time you look back at pictures. And you notice that you are at the age that little you were always wishing for. And you notice how you never thought you’d make it this far. Adulthood was a fantasy, as the games you would play. But here you are. And you notice it now, don’t you? Time goes by too fast.
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It’s a strange kind of blessing, feeling everything this deeply. People say I fall too fast but maybe I just love without rationing my heart. I feel the shifts, darling. The quiet distance. The way the air changes before anyone admits it. I wanted someone who would walk me home. Hold my hand on the heavy nights. Fight for me in the soft ways that matter. Tongue tied whispers made us tone deaf. Two gentle hearts losing each other between the lines we never said out loud. Maybe that’s how it happens love breaking slowly in the spaces we didn’t know how to fill, darling.
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Nov 30, 2025
Nov 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM UTC
Tongue Tied
A wiseman can sometimes play the fool. Although we've put men on the moon - 1969 was a long time ago! I keep it in my head, and for this reason I've had to descend a mountain I didn't climb.
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Nov 16, 2025
Nov 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM UTC
I didn't climb
Whatever I didn't give you that you needed that . . I am sorrowful for. I thought I was limitless in my charity and resources. It is obvious not to be so. It was all I had.
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Jun 3, 2024
Jun 3, 2024 at 10:37 AM UTC
Whatever I Didn't Give
sometimes i get sick and fear the shaking in my hand but somewhere dark i need to feel as damaged as i am
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Aug 26, 2021
Aug 26, 2021 at 2:32 AM UTC
im back lol
Haven't replied in 4 days, Wish you would've done an effort, To understand me. But you didn't.
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Jul 17, 2020
Jul 17, 2020 at 11:46 AM UTC
5:46
I breathe, but sometimes I wish… I see, but sometimes I wish… I live, but sometimes I wish… sometimes I wish I didn’t…
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Mar 13, 2020
Mar 13, 2020 at 2:57 AM UTC
sometimes I wish...
never it crossed my mind that I'll ever have a feeling for you. but yet, you crossed a line you didn't realize. I was in love with you with all the time you kept saying, "I want someone to love." But yet you didn't realize, there's someone in front of you dying for you to see her heart.
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Sep 25, 2019
Sep 25, 2019 at 11:31 AM UTC
dying for you to see
I didn't do it
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Jul 12, 2019
Jul 12, 2019 at 1:06 PM UTC
I did it
The Roman empire has fallen sadness weeps bitter tears how the mighty became poor old waif and the west held their jamboree without ignominy For once they were carried on shoulders in sedan trains in pomp and ceremony the masters sought safaris and ruled lions from Goa to Timbuktu the whiff of toast on marmalade n Darjeeling jackboots and clipped voices rang in plantations n hymns in churches The Roman empire has fallen Tea two anti-depressants please   Oh no no how have the mighty fallen unwanted unloved we cry diminished glory no invites to Continental parties no lovers in Casablanca the dusky maidens as footstool are Doctors at the corner Surgery those hunky dark torsos ferrying cocoa to steamers heading Cardiff are now earning two hundred thousand grand a week and drive Rolls The Roman empire has fallen now we just drink Bitter all the time the mighty s of the universe are now ******* come see the bullies in the school playground playing the Raj let me show you a place where four in ten cannot spell enterprising did you know when not in the Tropics some go for weeks un-bathed shock and awe jealousy n envy is the new black making them so mad old n young no self respect, no dignity and now only sad mad bullies
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Jun 6, 2019
Jun 6, 2019 at 4:29 AM UTC
Sorry about your problem......
It’s the depth of things that get me, How minute the surface is, yet we bathe in it. Seldom they glance below, But I remember being there, Living each day beneath the choppy foam. Finding peace from within, Underneath every breath. This season, Aches my heart in pangs. More than I am able to ignore them, They ebb and grow like a heart beat. The elegant rhythm, Pulling me back. To the place where I found myself, where I see you, And feel you see me. It’s not the loneliness anymore, It’s that piece of my soul I miss. It’s the wonder of transparent minds, Blending into a tapestry of angelic strokes. Only we can see, touch, and feel. The depths are calling from the silence, As a traveler in the noise, I long to go, sigh home.
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Apr 9, 2019
Apr 9, 2019 at 5:25 PM UTC
Untitled
some flowers aren't meant to bloom fully, they are plucked so early, some waves aren't made to surf, they die too early, some eggs aren't meant to fertilize, they are stolen so early, i guess i wasnt meant to be loved deeply, that's why you left so early..........
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Mar 23, 2019
Mar 23, 2019 at 12:50 PM UTC
so early
i didnt say no i didn’t move it wasn’t violent like the time before but just the same he filled me up in 2 minutes leaving me feeling empty inside -January 10th, 2016
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Feb 26, 2019
Feb 26, 2019 at 12:45 AM UTC
no