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Because of you

by DavidWasHere

The few hours we've spent together, You're impact will last forever, Because of you, I know I can be better
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shaemariefrahm
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">because of you my heart hurts</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as if your words were a knife</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">plunging into my abdomen piercing</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the very last bit of my trust</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that I gave to you</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">because of you I spend countless hours</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">crying a million tears that comfort me</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as my sadness wiskes me off to somewhere</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that it doesn&#39;t seem to hurt as bad as what you did</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">because of you there seems to be a grey cloud</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that only leads me to believe that i&#39;m the only one that cares </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">because you seem to have already moved on from our fight last night </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and you act like it never even happened</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but because of you I&#39;m becoming a strong woman</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">building walls around my heart</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to keep out people who want to hurt me</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the way you did</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">because of you I feel little to no more pain</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">no more of the gut wrenching feeling that has haunted me all these years </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">because for the 1st time i can truly say im ok</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">because of you i&rsquo;m finally the woman i&rsquo;m supposed to be</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">because of you those tears have washed away any chance of forgiveness</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but your happy with the choice you made right</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this wasn&#39;t all for nothing</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in the end i&rsquo;m the one who will grow from this</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as if a flower is finally able to bloom</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as I am now able to bloom and be beautiful</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">because of you the only way to go from here</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-01c8c62f-2656-0257-29e3-2b15f1b61485"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is up </span></span></p><div>&nbsp;</div>
shaemariefrahm
<p>because of you my heart hurts</p><p>as if your words were a knife</p><p>plundging in to my abdomen peircing</p><p>the very last bit of my trust</p><p>that I gave to you</p><p>because of you I spend countless hours</p><p>crying a milloin tears that comfort me</p><p>as my sadness wiskes me off to somewhere</p><p>that it doesnt seem to hurt as bad as what you did</p><p>because of you there seems to be a grey cloud</p><p>that only leads me to believe that im the only one that cares&nbsp;</p><p>because you seem to have already moved on from our fight last night&nbsp;</p><p>and you act like it never even happend</p><p>but because of you Im becoming a strong woman</p><p>building walls around my heart</p><p>to keep out people who want to hurt me</p><p>the way you did</p><p>because of you I feel little to no more pain</p><p>no more of the gut wrenching feeling that has haunted me all these years</p><p>because for the 1st time i can truly say im ok</p><p>because of you im finally the woman im supposed to be</p><p>because of you those tears have washed away any chance of fogivness</p><p>but your happy with the choice you made right</p><p>this wasent all for nothing</p><p>in the end Im the one who will grow from this</p><p>as if a flower is finally able to bloom</p><p>as I am now able to bloom and be beautiful</p><p>because of you the only way to go from here</p><p>is up&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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