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Spur of the Moment
I stood up; you looked at me, and moved your stare away.Those eyes, those self-same eyes that used to look at mewith passion, love, affection. Now, they look at mewith disgust, ignorance,...
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Emergency Room
I regret the night we fought. Because of my stupid pride, I said, “We should end this.” I thought I knew how it looked right now, and I thought you’d go looking for me, yet several days pass without...
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Paradox of Love
If I want this to continue; then, I have to stop. Things are not as they were. You say you love me, but all I feel is nothing but my petty insignificance. I am a placebo: something that heals, but...
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Intimacy Lost
You are one of the most intimate kinsmen that I’ve ever had. For the past four years, you’ve known the things about me, My secrets, my lies, my faults, my triumphs, my joys, and my fears. You know me...
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Blindsided Foresight
For the love that I have lost, the love that I have so cherished all those years, I have no more words, for I was caught off guard. This drastic end, which I knew was inevitable came so swift, like a...
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Everything Has Changed: An Afterword
Hello, sweetie. So here we are, you and I, on this last page of our story. By the time you read this, I have been long gone, but know that I have lived well, and I am very happy. And above all else, I...
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Only Our Ring Fingers Knew
I have been a slave for too long; I have been living a life of servitude, servitude toward my own emotions. I let the shadows of doubt cloud my judgement, I let twinge of betrayal take away all the...
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I Refuse to Write My Saddest Lines
Tonight, I refuse to write my saddest lines; Think instead of the happy times we have had; for example: The day you caught my eyes as you travelled across my plane of existence, The day your lips first...
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Hemingway
I do not usually go to bars and pubs nor do I drink beer, but tonight was different. I was drenched in tears and heartache. My chest could have exploded from the pain if only it could. I decided to...
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Waiting for the Rain
I braved the aisle of the unfamiliar grocery store. It wasn’t here when I left five years ago, and it’s all too strange for me. It is an understatement to say that this place is no longer the same....
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I Almost Forgot
I almost forgot that bittersweet aching of not being able to move on, that feeling of helplessness shrouded with a smile whenever I see you with someone else. I almost forgot that I am trying to forget...
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Will You Ever Love Me Again
I was a dunce; I was foolish. I always thought you will stay, you will be patient, you will always be mine. I was stupid; I was a joke. I believed my self-made fantasies of us blending in--quietly and...
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You Were My Coffee
You were my coffee-- some say a luxury, and for me a necessity. You were my coffee, and you were how I wanted it to be: sometimes sweet, sometimes smooth, sometimes dark, sometimes strong. You were my...
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You Loved Me, and I Am Sorry
You loved me despite my flaws, beyond my imperfection, undeterred by my obstinacy-- unconditionally. You loved me in the face of adversity, notwithstanding your insecurities, even with oppositions from...
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I Thought Wrong
I thought I have healed; I thought that I no longer cared, that I no longer hurt. I thought I have moved on, I thought I longer am under your spell, that I am free from your power. I thought that I...
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An Open Letter to My Ex
Unlike you, I am not good with painting or other forms of graphic arts. The best that I can paint are the words that my flow from both my mind and heart as I smear them across the canvass of my prose...
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I’m Not Trying
I'm not trying to bring back the love we lost; I am not naive to think things are fine. We both lost it, like the savage toss of the ocean waves . . . it washed to the shore, steadily, violently,...
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