Gashes.You gave me something I'd never had hoped to have, And then took it straight back.Gashes.
But I'd had that taste.
Nevermore could I forget, Exactly what you had meant.
I think on some level you knew me better than I knew myself, and on others, you never knew me at all.
I've sat up whole nights thinking of nothing but you, and you'll never know.
You aren't concerned.
And neither am I.
Anymore.
The days turned to weeks, and from weeks to years. Those years served only to dry my tears. But could
Growth.For the rocks that skipped on top of the stream, For the leaves coloured orange and yellow and green, For sitting in silence for hour 'pon hour, And for hiding inside against a mid-morning shower.Growth.
When drinking meant juice, When war was with sticks, When there was no excuse, To hang around chicks.
What then seemed like forever, Is measured in hours, Whatever the weather, You were out in the flowers.
For eating out meaning a burger and fries, For not understanding when somebody dies, For when being a rebel was not using a cup, And for
Receptionit has been years since we were in love and he still calls me sometimes in the middle of the night. I will pick the phone up before the ring wakes anyone else even though I am the only one here, and drop it every single time.Reception
Then I will answer, breathlessly, "hello? did you hear that?" "Hear what, your heart breaking?" "No, not that. The phone drop." "No, I didn't hear that, just fireworks."
I lean back, against the wall, and my head drops like a stone, angles against the plywood; I am not letting anything sad work its way into my head this time. I know you are
So, Deviant eh?
Artistic
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*Dad Save The Queen*
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Anarsi Tersten Bakmaktir.
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"Forgive and forget. I forgot."
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Although I'm not exactly sure what you mean by a burst, I appreciate the praise. Makes me want to try harder.
Haven't been writing for years now, so it's a slow process returning to it. But I'll get there, someday.
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or something?
I'm not quite sure myself (again)
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