Samantha McKinnon

The most beautiful smile I ever saw
appeared on a day
when all things bright and beautiful,
should have gone.
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I am from heartache and love,
from PopCap games and mood swings.
From that big blue house filled with sins,
that once housed a living nightmare.
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One assumption spurs it all.
Time slows to a crawl and the walls become a heavy shawl.
My heart beats faster and faster,
the salty streams flow more aggressively than ever.
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560 days ago
I agreed to be yours.
I beamed as I gave you my word,
Which meant so much
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Warm breeze, and you're gone.
The sky goes somber
As the door slams
Before I switch the lock.
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I know I can't provide you both
With the happiness you each deserve.
Time has given me one before the other,
And my heart has chosen accordingly.
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Happiness and strength are not easily acquired
When it seems your brain is impossibly wired
By something else setting the scene
For a world where you simply shouldn't be. Where
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Atop crystal water falling with beauty,
Two people celebrate love and union.
Before I came they made it their duty
To show how two hearts in love should fit in.
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Your sweet and smiling lips
Were drenched and dripping with deceit
Your warm and aggressive hands
Fell over me,
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I would give anything to forget.
Forget the feeling
Of your every word
Dancing through my ears and mind, relentlessly.
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I tried to show I loved you
But it was never that cut and dry
You always found a way
To lead me to a new demise
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a parasite
crawled over me
touched and dripped on
every part of my existence
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I wish things were different
When I look in the mirror.
I wish I would see
Someone standing in place of me.
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I feel you pull at my feet
And extract the warmth from me
The cold sweeps through my body
And envelopes my breath
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Maybe this is what I needed
To come back to the place
Where it all began,
Come back to the place
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She looks so miserable
Standing across from me.
She tries to wash away
The shadows beneath her eyes
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My love passed through your chest
And devolved to chaos.
I entered your life
And began to change
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You'll run.
You'll go.
I thought you'd understand me.
My voice shaking as I say,
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Her smile seemed to blink.
It passed away
This morning,
went like a deep breath out.
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I hoped:
Make me blind
Long enough to chill my heart
Because
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