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Don't


Please, don't like me Don't fall into that trap that is love Or whatever you call it I know, i know, you "don't" Or maybe you do? I don't know what you say But i do know what you feel I know because I read it on your face In the way you laugh and smile And the fire that is hot behind your eyes And the shadow that flickers between them Between us Your brain and I Separated by this shadow Your brain and your eyes Separated, by this shadow Just don't. Don't. Don't for one second Dare to think that you like what you see You can't. you don't, I promise you you don't Because i know what your eyes see There's no shadow between us Only between us and your brain You see and think that you feel But your heart doesn't feel what you see It feels what the shadow sees And unfortunately the shadow likes me Not your eyes Your eyes Your beautiful eyes Oh goodness your beautiful eyes I'm so sorry so so soo sorry about your Reyes They did, they deserved more Than to be cursed with that shadow That stupid flickering shadow It flickers you know The shadow That's why I called it flickering It flickers This shadow And you see for just a moment A breath of air An inhale of truth Of me The truth of me you see and hate But then the shadow That stupid flickering shadow It says you like me Don't listen Don't like Just don't. Stop. I promise you don't. Not me, not the darkness the shadow sees That's what I am A shadow on this earth. A member of his kind. A shadow A stupid small flickering shadow. Don't like a shadow. A shadow like me. Don't. Please don't.
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