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Pick Up (A Selfish Poem)

Your Skype signed in again
It’s so tempting to call you
There’s a voice screaming at me to just
Pick up the phone
Just pick up the phone
Against every urge
I’m silent, all except these prose
I must stay silent
Must wait
Wait for what?
For the message, the text, the phone call
Another voice tells me
That will never happen
Selfishly, I want you to miss me
I want to make you miss me
Ma...

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d   z   love   heartbreak   long distance   miss   i miss you   i miss you already   depression   anxiety   adhd   selfish   i am allowed to have selfish feelings   but i refuse to act selfish anymore   this is my outlet   Sometimes I wake up still thinking of you   thinking of you

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