Jesse Artley Poems

Neither one of us asked to fall this far beyond our point of breaking down
And we never prayed for this piss pouring rain
We're here now, you can lean on me, I need you as much as you need me
If our fires grew together, we could be something this world could not contain
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It's funny now, how I see our pictures in the trash, where you said I always belonged
And it feels so good to know that your half of this is just as deserving
Good isn't good enough for me, I want everything I ever gave you back
My time, patience, effort, all the trust that you just wiped yourself with.
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I just can't believe this is what life's supposed to be, full of pain and misery
When being alone isn't even the worst of it, til the loneliness and stress come out at night
Making me relive every second of every mistake, every regret, time wasted
Makes me nauseous, maybe I'm being too cautious, can't stop myself
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She was the one that slipped away,
I just couldn't find the words to say
To make her want to stay.
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They say the worst prison is the one you make for yourself;
But I just want to find a way out of this hell
Why can't I just get up and move on from you
What did you expect me to do?
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Is it too much to ask for love without heartbreak,
Maybe if you didn't turn out to be just another fake.
Doesn't matter, I already gave up on this work of fiction
The thing about forever and always?
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I just want to start out saying that I love you
Always and forever, I promise to
Your voice just melts me away,
I don't know what I'd do without hearing it everyday
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Well it's finally over, I hope your happy now
Because you brought me down in the process
I wouldn't have ever done anything like this to you,
But honestly right now, I couldn't care less what happens
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You might not be able to see it in my eyes
But then again, you were never that wise

Look back at what all I've gotten through
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So cute, so beautiful,
Yet no word could even come close to
Explaining how perfect you are to me
Your laugh, your smile, the way
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