Unrequited's Such a Shit Thing for Love to Be

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love falling from the sky

all around us

you stand there

with a big black umbrella,

avoiding my eyes aggressively

like there will be a prize at the end.

but there’s no big fuzzy teddy bear

this time

we've become very good

at being ghosts

remember that time when we still talked

you stole my notebook and wrote “i love”

on the inside cover?

of course you don’t

i found it today
scribbled in pencil

which is fitting

because a pen would have been

too permanent for you

maybe i’ll wipe it away

but something’s wrong with my hand

the one that won’t ever fit in yours

and every time I find you

on paper or in a song

i remember a name

im trying my best to forget

 

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