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They are just words

Don't tell me you're there for me when you're not. 
Don't tell me you care for me and leave me to rot. 
Don't tell me you're kind and think only of your self. 
You're not who you claim when you damage my minds health.
Do not say you understand but then dismiss me completely.
How can you do this when I'm hurting so deeply?
Do not pretend to be the caring person you say you are.
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The Promenade of my Thoughts

I enjoy my solitude
Alone with my words
Can't count on you all times
But on my words I do.

I never get upset
That you're not how I wish
You'll never be, those bits I gave you
Still claim their independence
And that's the thing I love the most
Knowing I am a contradictory being

My words are canyons
I cannot stop getting lost inside them.
I'm gonna write my whole life through
And ca...

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