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i am peeling back the lies one inch of tape at a time. you call me a monster for the fire, but you cry when i stop carrying the torch. down the side of the plastic, there was a map of who i loved- a row of initials like small, sticky altars. but the map is wrong now. the geography has shifted under the weight of the "forgiveness" you tried to sell me. so i peeled you off. it was easy. masking tape isn't meant to be permanent; it’s a temporary fix for things that are prone to breaking. i’m used to the adhesive failing, to the way the edges curl when the air gets too thin. i’ve spent five years pretending a paper-thin bond could hold the weight of a heavy, iron world, but eventually, the stickiness just gives up. and now you’re backstage, the salt of your grief ruining the makeup, sobbing between the scenes as if i’ve stolen your oxygen instead of just my own attention. 🎊 looks at me like i’ve kicked a puppy, demanding that i sit down and explain the mess. but we don't need to "talk"- that choice has been taken away. you can't exile me to the sidewalk and then expect me to open the door when you knock. you don't get to burn the bridge and then ask why i'm not standing on the other side waiting to catch your ashes. they want me to be the public enemy, the shadow in the wings, the cold, iron shield— but they still want me to keep their name close enough to touch. you want the right to hate me and the right to be missed by me at the exact same time. but a villain doesn’t keep a guest list. a monster doesn't curate a gallery of friends. a ghost doesn't save a seat for those who buried it. an arsonist doesn't save photos from the house you made her burn. if i am the glitch, then i am clearing the screen. if i am the alarm, then the room is empty. if i am "better alone," then i don't need to carry your alphabet into the next act. dry your eyes. you’re the star of the show, remember? you have the crowd, the gold, and the tragedy. you have EVERYTHING you wanted. i just have the gray, sticky residue where your name used to be. and for the first time, the plastic feels clean.
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Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 8:52 PM UTC
the sour parts of you: the residue you left (10)
i am peeling back the lies one inch of tape at a time. you call me a monster for the fire, but you cry when i stop carrying the torch. down the side of the plastic, there was a map of who i loved- a row of initials like small, sticky altars. but the map is wrong now. the geography has shifted under the weight of the "forgiveness" you tried to sell me. so i peeled you off. it was easy. masking tape isn't meant to be permanent; it’s a temporary fix for things that are prone to breaking. i’m used to the adhesive failing, to the way the edges curl when the air gets too thin. i’ve spent five years pretending a paper-thin bond could hold the weight of a heavy, iron world, but eventually, the stickiness just gives up. and now you’re backstage, the salt of your grief ruining the makeup, sobbing between the scenes as if i’ve stolen your oxygen instead of just my own attention. 🎊 looks at me like i’ve kicked a puppy, demanding that i sit down and explain the mess. but we don't need to "talk"- that choice has been taken away. you can't exile me to the sidewalk and then expect me to open the door when you knock. you don't get to burn the bridge and then ask why i'm not standing on the other side waiting to catch your ashes. they want me to be the public enemy, the shadow in the wings, the cold, iron shield— but they still want me to keep their name close enough to touch. you want the right to hate me and the right to be missed by me at the exact same time. but a villain doesn’t keep a guest list. a monster doesn't curate a gallery of friends. a ghost doesn't save a seat for those who buried it. an arsonist doesn't save photos from the house you made her burn. if i am the glitch, then i am clearing the screen. if i am the alarm, then the room is empty. if i am "better alone," then i don't need to carry your alphabet into the next act. dry your eyes. you’re the star of the show, remember? you have the crowd, the gold, and the tragedy. you have EVERYTHING you wanted. i just have the gray, sticky residue where your name used to be. and for the first time, the plastic feels clean.
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let the salt from my tears pour into your wounds..............still bitter and fresh like the first truthful cut
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Aug 9, 2019
Aug 9, 2019 at 12:05 AM UTC
Wounds
BE HAPPY. HAPPINESS IS A CHOSE. THINKING HAPPY THOUGHTS HELPS YOU TO BE POSITIVE. positive. negative. pluses and minuses. bad and good. positive positiveness. smiling, joking, laughing. SMILE! BE YOURSELF. so if I like crying.. NO! STOP DON"T SAY THAT. wait what? BE POSITIVE! so being yourself isn't positive? NO NOT LIKE THAT! so like what? FIRST OF ALL SMILE. but smiling isn't my thing.. WE CAN"T BE FRIENDS. why? NEGATIVENESS ISN'T MY THING. so negatively positive. i like that!
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Jan 12, 2018
Jan 12, 2018 at 3:16 PM UTC
negatively positive..
Let me come to you in your sleep, solidified by the moons light. Watch over you and sing you stars for you to keep. Running hands gently on silk sheets. Cold skin on my fire, burning embers of deceit as I am not your dream. Let me love you to slumber, treasures and locked away, but lost without that key to your heart. Let me break in and shatter everything.
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Oct 5, 2017
Oct 5, 2017 at 11:37 AM UTC
Thief
What a mess I’ve made. Young lady full of false fantasies. The passenger seat warn away with distaste and distant memories. Let me just cradle your cranium. Tell you your everything then flock you for cheap. Tears fall and voices raise, not letting the weeping willow sleep. I don’t want time alone. I need to feel your skin stretch on to my bones. I want to be more about you, but I’m worried your everything will overshadow and I’ll be nothing more than a fool.
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Oct 5, 2017
Oct 5, 2017 at 11:33 AM UTC
Love fool
Can I, just one more time visit your bedroom window as an intoxicated Romeo. I will perform my love verses that I have written on beer mats throughout the night. Let me dance for you under the streetlights of hazelton drive. So sorry for wearing white, did not mean to be stained with the blood of window pane knuckles.
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Sep 7, 2017
Sep 7, 2017 at 8:28 PM UTC
Punch-Drunk-love
I still don’t know why we broke up really. You ended things so abruptly. And the only explanation you could give me was "it wasn't a good time for me to be in a relationship, and that it's not you its me..” Cliche... But .... just like that you were gone, leaving me wondering where you were for days, worrying, not knowing if you were okay.... I have no idea what you’re doing with your life or why you felt the need to cut me out of it, after thinking about it I immediately began dwelling on what I did wrong, what I could have done differently. I thought that by doing this I was being productive, like I could change what happened. But I can’t. And what happened isn’t my fault. And maybe you tried to tell me that, but no one could have made me think different...I couldn’t believe things were over, not that quickly. I have no idea if any of the things you said to me during our relationship were true. I really hope they were, but with the way you cut me out so quickly, it’s hard for me to believe you loved and cared about me the way you said you did. You gave up on us too easily. I wish you had tried a little harder and I wish that you felt I was worth it, because I know I am.. I wish we had a fight or one of us did something to cause the break up, but the fact that it was so sudden left me feeling completely blindsided. You told me you loved me and that you didn’t want to lose me. And then you vanished. It’s just kind of surreal..... I'm still angry and frustrated... You pretty much left me with a million unanswered questions.. or too long I have apologized to people about who I am, because I’ve always been convinced that it’s always my fault. But not anymore, not this time, I’m not going to apologize to you. Yes, I am insecure and am always trying to figure out what everyone thinks of me. I can be immature and will always be a little girl at heart. I have a constant need to feel loved and appreciated; I have overactive tear ducts, and a tendency to be too clingy. But sometimes when you love something, you just want to be surrounded by it. I overreact about things too much and tend to get a temper when I’m mad. I’m selfish, stubborn, and defensive but I mean well. I’m small and stubby and I don’t like small talk..... And I still want too, really, I still want to hate you, but... I can't. I still like you, as much as I've tried to deny the feelings, they are still there....But I wouldn't want to be put in the position of potentially getting hurt like that again, so I've moved on and I'm doing me... I still wish the best for you, and hope you get what you want out of life. Until next time... The one that still loves you.
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Jun 16, 2016
Jun 16, 2016 at 3:29 AM UTC
Forgiving myself.
I still don’t know why we broke up really. You ended things so abruptly. And the only explanation you could give me was "it wasn't a good time for me to be in a relationship, and that it's not you its me..” Cliche... But .... just like that you were gone, leaving me wondering where you were for days, worrying, not knowing if you were okay.... I have no idea what you’re doing with your life or why you felt the need to cut me out of it, after thinking about it I immediately began dwelling on what I did wrong, what I could have done differently. I thought that by doing this I was being productive, like I could change what happened. But I can’t. And what happened isn’t my fault. And maybe you tried to tell me that, but no one could have made me think different...I couldn’t believe things were over, not that quickly. I have no idea if any of the things you said to me during our relationship were true. I really hope they were, but with the way you cut me out so quickly, it’s hard for me to believe you loved and cared about me the way you said you did. You gave up on us too easily. I wish you had tried a little harder and I wish that you felt I was worth it, because I know I am.. I wish we had a fight or one of us did something to cause the break up, but the fact that it was so sudden left me feeling completely blindsided. You told me you loved me and that you didn’t want to lose me. And then you vanished. It’s just kind of surreal..... I'm still angry and frustrated... You pretty much left me with a million unanswered questions.. or too long I have apologized to people about who I am, because I’ve always been convinced that it’s always my fault. But not anymore, not this time, I’m not going to apologize to you. Yes, I am insecure and am always trying to figure out what everyone thinks of me. I can be immature and will always be a little girl at heart. I have a constant need to feel loved and appreciated; I have overactive tear ducts, and a tendency to be too clingy. But sometimes when you love something, you just want to be surrounded by it. I overreact about things too much and tend to get a temper when I’m mad. I’m selfish, stubborn, and defensive but I mean well. I’m small and stubby and I don’t like small talk..... And I still want too, really, I still want to hate you, but... I can't. I still like you, as much as I've tried to deny the feelings, they are still there....But I wouldn't want to be put in the position of potentially getting hurt like that again, so I've moved on and I'm doing me... I still wish the best for you, and hope you get what you want out of life. Until next time... The one that still loves you.
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Everybody wanna hate me And be me In the same sentence Im grimy no need for repentance They say im too controversial **** the media I stay underground f the commercial Ya born with nothing Ya die with nothing So why would I Try hug the flames in the sky Searchin' for light Putting up a fight in the blight Light my blunts to open my cells Destined for jail earth is hell Cant get a break from a job So 9 to 5 switch to robs At night i conjure my darkest identity Me myself I triple darkness regardless How many form come I got many algorithm one by one Step by step page by page Im in a rage on the verge of slayin' Witha 12 guage MUASSEnBERG **** what ya heard? ignore the singining birds They get hot shots for coming to my spots And **** cops They deserve to get drop Slayin' the innocent people How is thr land of free But believe youll wake up soon In this 21 century Ill be. Exposin' there secrecy So go ahead and hate me ***** but?????? Histories a lie I seen imagines Of Caesar pretendin- to be Son of Man Understand They deify humans Nothin' but carnal minded Individual This world is precisely Satirical Im caught in the diabolical imperial How i survive is a miracle Gave up childhood became a miracle Spinnin' cob webs Over my enemies and my ashes be Tokes from **** smoke Guns is tote Just incase of an altercation And you'll be at deaths administration Beat the case with no hesitation Im bringing chaos to every nation Hope them ******* hear me Clear me out By the time they find me Ill be out Like Snowden spreaadin' luv With Russia Dont come to me cuz ill crush ya Know the 48 laws to power as i devour your flesh With gun powder Try to escape the reign Only to entice more pain To ya brain Since the game done changed Fools still aint rearranged The pieces to the puzzle I found i was stolen From centuries ago and where do i go From here i hear the heavens tryna Give me a sign Light coverin' the dark spark For the spliff Im the edge of th3 cliff Soon to crossover throwover Government entity But nobody will see what i see I got envisions of my Enemies in casket im drastic Graphic With the designs i illustrate And if you hate ? That means you ******* cant relate But you...
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Jul 28, 2015
Jul 28, 2015 at 6:39 PM UTC
Hate Me Now
Everybody wanna hate me And be me In the same sentence Im grimy no need for repentance They say im too controversial **** the media I stay underground f the commercial Ya born with nothing Ya die with nothing So why would I Try hug the flames in the sky Searchin' for light Putting up a fight in the blight Light my blunts to open my cells Destined for jail earth is hell Cant get a break from a job So 9 to 5 switch to robs At night i conjure my darkest identity Me myself I triple darkness regardless How many form come I got many algorithm one by one Step by step page by page Im in a rage on the verge of slayin' Witha 12 guage MUASSEnBERG **** what ya heard? ignore the singining birds They get hot shots for coming to my spots And **** cops They deserve to get drop Slayin' the innocent people How is thr land of free But believe youll wake up soon In this 21 century Ill be. Exposin' there secrecy So go ahead and hate me ***** but?????? Histories a lie I seen imagines Of Caesar pretendin- to be Son of Man Understand They deify humans Nothin' but carnal minded Individual This world is precisely Satirical Im caught in the diabolical imperial How i survive is a miracle Gave up childhood became a miracle Spinnin' cob webs Over my enemies and my ashes be Tokes from **** smoke Guns is tote Just incase of an altercation And you'll be at deaths administration Beat the case with no hesitation Im bringing chaos to every nation Hope them ******* hear me Clear me out By the time they find me Ill be out Like Snowden spreaadin' luv With Russia Dont come to me cuz ill crush ya Know the 48 laws to power as i devour your flesh With gun powder Try to escape the reign Only to entice more pain To ya brain Since the game done changed Fools still aint rearranged The pieces to the puzzle I found i was stolen From centuries ago and where do i go From here i hear the heavens tryna Give me a sign Light coverin' the dark spark For the spliff Im the edge of th3 cliff Soon to crossover throwover Government entity But nobody will see what i see I got envisions of my Enemies in casket im drastic Graphic With the designs i illustrate And if you hate ? That means you ******* cant relate But you...
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Love me or hate me because it's none of my business and my business is to love you unconditionally and I'm doing it perfectly
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Jan 11, 2015
Jan 11, 2015 at 1:33 PM UTC
perfect job
I just hope you know I love you as much as you hate me.
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Oct 12, 2014
Oct 12, 2014 at 4:17 PM UTC
forgotten