i saw straight through.
and every time, i waited.
waited for you to come around again.
...
Quickmoving boy, you were gone as you came.
No hellogoodbye,
you came in fluid motion.
Movement, gone in shortened breaths.
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When you go, make it easy for me.
Take my resentment with you,
& the dirty deeds we've done.
Let me forget.
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She's fixing her makeup in the bathroom mirror,
oblivious, he's miles away
but not farther than her trust can cover.
He's laying on the floor, sandwiched between two beautiful girls.
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Trace back the years, like faded scars.
Remind me that you were always there.
What I've forgotten can be learned with time.
And time is all we have.
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these are the darkest days, and those were the darkest ways.
the tantalizing lure in, the condescending push out,
just to be replaced.
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tell me it doesn't matter.
the truth, it lies in the past.
a melodramatic wave of repeated motions,
an inescapable flood of failures and mistakes.
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you sparked my curiosity.
it was spur of the moment.
it was me in all of my brilliance,
the spontaneity of it all bringing a smile to my face,
...
the pixels pull me in,
they pull me under.
my eyes dilate, my pupils darken,
and suddenly i'm swimming,
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