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Rose


To feel you 

My fingertips holding your face so delicately 

I trust you 

My loyalty singed into your skin 

I own you 

You cut me 

You're free 

I can't claim what once was mine to begin with 

I fixed your mental health 

I'm here to blame 

I take shame 

But I'll never forget your name 

Your wet lips against my soft skin 

Your tender lies with sweet truth set in them 

I lie to bury 

I tell the truth so you can bare with me 

Just don't leave me 

And everything...everyone will be happy 

Smiles on faces 

Yellow roses 

Red roses 

Who knows maybe you'll fall in love from a stranger that only showed you love 

Which is hard for you to see cause you never really recognized it's true beauty 

Sadly you see only the ugly truth and the curves in a lie 

Lies are addicting and truths are forbidden maybe that's why you're single and mistaken as garbage 

I let my soul into your cold corpse and let the demons dance 

Until my soul froze and escaped only to realize that you, are not my cape 

I'm free 

And I don't love the way you hurt me so I will not fantasize about you bleeding and begging for me 

Because silly me your pricked the flower ignoring the thorns and now I'm numb and you're young, wild and free 

Sorry for the depression I set out to be 

Sorry for being the mistake you couldn't erase no matter how hard you tried 

Sorry for being in love at the wrong time at the wrong place 

 

 

 

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