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Erin

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

29 poems·Since July 2013
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Why Do I Cry?

July 4, 2013
Why do I cry when you enter a room? And again when you don’t look at me? It seems I still care for you But you only show contempt for me. Why can you text “I love you” so well But In person the words falter How can I trust you, how can I tell If from your lies there is no shelter? Why did you tell me to wait? Tell me to love no other? Then leave me easily the next day And never turn back like I was a bother? Why did I still believe you? When once again you said you’d return How could I believe you’d see it through? And not realize had fast you’d U-turn. Why do I still feel your touch? The brush of your lips against mine When will your gaze stop being too much For my heart to take, for my innocent mind? Why do I cry when you leave again? Knowing you will return some day To break my heart, to play a friend Maybe next time, to you I will do the same…
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