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»Fire and Ice«

Jun 8, 2009

I can't change who you are, / That's the one lesson I've been forced to learn. / It's as if you're angered by this fact. / What do you want me to do? / You're a fire that doesn't burn / Around me like you used to. / You expect me, / To be, / The difference in your life. / Yet I stay constant, always the same…  sign in to read more »


»Family Portrait«

Apr 24, 2009

If only she could go back and kill those words she uttered. / She's so sorry, / But you say it never mattered. / / What she says, / Would only bring more pain to wounds you'd much rather have forgotten. / / Everything you every had was always bruised by her, / So even if she begs and pleads, / Forgiveness…  sign in to read more »


»The last words I waste on you«

Feb 10, 2009

So here I am again / Wasting pen and paper on you. / All we've been through, / / Depreciating / / Like wind-blown sand dunes. / / All the memories / Conjure up, / Energies and feelings of / Mingled love and hate. / / No one but you should be / Feeling this pain. / / Yet I / Watch the hour glass, / Hoping and…  sign in to read more »


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