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Mike Y. sends this.
(Mike is currently experiencing one of the more
painful aspects of the male/female polarity. That is to say, he is having
girl troubles; more specifically, "She wants to break up but she refuses to tell
me why and I don't understand." Sometimes I think, what makes it
difficult-- in terms of our differences-- has also got to be what makes it
worth it. But recognizing that alone doesn't seem to make it any
easier. Okay, I'll shut up now.)
open the box, light the flame,
inhale
the smoke, ignore the pain.
i call for you, but you don't hear,
all i
ever wanted-- i just want you to be near.
i call your name, please god hear
my cry,
tears floating in the cold and distant sky.
remember when you
would lay in my arms?
i swore i would forever protect you from harm.
you
swore you would never leave my side,
but your heart is apparently as ever
changing as the tide.
how do i just forget? how do i deal?
you can't
possibly know how this makes me feel.
but, alas, the hand of fate
is sometimes cruel,
and i'll just continue my walk, but now without
you.
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