Authors: Christina Leigh Pritchard
Tags: #Literature & Fiction, #Literary, #Romance, #Teen & Young Adult, #90 Minutes (44-64 Pages), #Literary Fiction
I'd stop you this time
all on my own
if I was certain of what you truly felt
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Misery
I don't want to disown
those who've always been there
so I shall remain loyal
and allow my heart
to spoil
misery I shall feel
for as long as I am on this earth
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Why did you have to talk to me?
Couldn't you just stay away?
Do you have to speak to all my friends?
What about those who hate me?
Why so close with them?
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The 'Tease'
My pupils grow
I giggle
I'm in Love
I'll go wherever you decide
take a seat
by your side
I'm interested
You look my way
You're coming closer
Smile
I frown
turn up my nose
But I'm still in love
You tell me I have beautiful eyes
I fold my arms
accuse you of lies
I won't accept false charms
But I’m still interested
You'll catch me looking
but I’ll just ignore your smile
The tease
I want to be yours
But won't
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Do I drive you insane?
Is that why you avoid my eyes?
Are you playing with me?
I know I am a pain
But don't you hear my cries?
I’m a stain
etched permanently on your heart
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You were so kind
I worshiped the very ground
of each step you took
Let’s rewind to the past
before the very sound of my voice
made you look down
in annoyance
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I want the past
how did things get this way?
You used to defend me
but that faded fast
and today
our friendship is empty
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I still remember being in love with you
Your eyes
Those lips
My body fit so perfectly nestled with yours
Like two puzzle pieces
Connected at last
We finished the picture and made it beautiful
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Now you're The One
I ran through the tall itchy grass
Heart racing, out of breath
Watched it part like the red sea
No people came through
Just you
I ran
tripped over a rock and fell to my knees
You hissing
“No, please!”
I just begged
Your evil laugh echoed in my head
You a black Cobra hovering above
Mouth full of venom and acid in your blood
“I hate you!” I screamed as your poisoned dripped
eyes closed at your lunge
but no bite did I feel
I look up
see you in the trapper’s grip
I look through the museum glass
Now you’re the one trapped
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I Made Him Mad
I made him mad
I wasn't thinking
I'm hiding in the woods-I hear the dogs-now guns-being shot-birds flying in the sky-I look up-my stomach-it's-been-hit
I made him mad
I wasn't thinking
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Told Me
you sat down and told me you loved me then took out your leather cowboy belt-told me you loved me-my legs are bleeding-told me to sit down but it hurts too much-to lean-lean against this chair-told me to grow up so I covered the scars with my cloths-
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no longer accepted
On some days it hurts
My heart is like a hollow cavity
Waiting to be filled
But after each examination
I’m turned away
The cavity is just too much work
That’s what I am
Each time I try
To open up my heart
I find everyone has run
I’m only fun
To tease-To hunt
But once they see that I want to stay
Suddenly
my insurance is no longer accepted
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Used To
I used to be able to write
Ideas flowed
Feelings poured onto paper like water
But now,
like us,
it’s a fight
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And There You Were
And there you were, like a disease
Growing rapidly
In my heart
Choking and squeezing
Every beat
I loved you so much
You liked me
I know you did
But I guess like the moon
You changed
Again and again
Always a different shape
You heart-is the moon
Mine the tide
Going along with what you decide
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You Say
you say you never raised me this way
never taught me to be so selfish
you say
but I don’t recall you raising me
and I don’t remember you ever teaching anything
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You Won't
my eyes burn
legs so weak
my stomach-it hurts
I can’t sleep
I can’t feel
I need to cry
But I can’t
I can’t
Throat is numb
Ankles shake
My heart it’s-
It’s bleeding
I need you
But you won’t save me
You won’t
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I can't play this part
you've given me
Sometimes I miss
you with all my heart
then remember it's the way it must be
all other roles
I can do
but like highway tolls
this one is due
it's real
so I cannot pretend
to not feel
cause in the end
my heart is what you'll steal
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so afraid of rejection
yet the only dream i truly have is you
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