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Be My Casper
I never wanted a love like a princess; I didn’t feel the need to be rescued that way. But Casper the Friendly Ghost set me up for unrealistic expectations. I wanted a person who would cross the boundaries of life and death for me. So desperate to keep me there was magic between us. I…
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Growing Up/Apart
I wonder when I became just someone you knew in college. The memory of our friendship is closer to you than I am. All of our what-ifs and daydreams. The futures we planned that just ended up as to do lists in the back of junk drawers. When did I disappear from your top five?…
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trauma bonded baby
I remember trading our sad storiesLetting the haze of our nights pull the darkness from usAs we wondered out loud if our families really loved usIf there was something fundamentally wrong with usWe were born so broken that we cut everyone in our orbitsEarning their ireEarning their distrustEarning this painWe shared memories and mistakesA sacred…
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Aftermath
I couldn’t love you with this broken heartI kept cutting us both pieces with my sharp edgesI needed to heal from this damage done by other people We couldn’t grow together, when I didn’t know how to grow aloneI couldn’t love you without hurting us both Setting you free was a selfish act of preservation…
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