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you yelled
and screamed
and everything
in-between
but you still fell for me
and there’s no telling why
as far
as the eye
can see

we’ll be okay

then you punched
and kicked
but I turned
for one second and back
to see the table
flipped

our dinner massacred
while you took to the door
and left
yet I couldn’t help
but wonder
why
am I
still after her.

I tracked
you fled
and there was nothing
surely
nothingI could have said
to show you
the war
inside my head

but we’ll be okay

I ran
eleven months was the span
of time that
once filled me
but now
in cold blood
it killed me

a shadow I hunted
or perhaps
a ghost I wanted,
that for so long
I thought made me strong
except it ripped me in two
and left my growth stunted

then it ended
our bodies once blended
seemingly forever
plucked apart
and we clearly
no longer belonged
together

I destroyed myself
and within me
there was loathing
but I knew
and refused
to try and shoot
for the stars
while reloading

so here I sit,
within the stands,
with somehow
no traces
of blood
on my hands
and after so long
the moment I’ve prolonged
I’ve ran
and walked
and crawled
for miles

I know that
I’llbe okay

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