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Goodbyes
you’re leaving
but i am still wrapped around your finger
caught up in washed away nostalgia and splintered desires
i’m foolish for believing in the inconceivable wishes
that rush through my hands like rain drops
because i know my face is elbowed to the back of your mind
a box of old memories collecting dust
like the cars of the deceased in a hospital parking lot
my heart is wired wrong
it won’t stop aching
for songs that are too high for me to sing
dreams that are out of my reach
breaths that i can no longer take
crack my chest down the middle
and rip my heart from the fizzled out strings
hold it in your bloody hands
and listen to the way it sings for you
the way it bends over backwards to meet your touch
like a willow tree in the wind
a bridge sinking further in
feel the way it beats for you
jumping in your palms like a worn out record rattling in place
i will stand with a hole in my chest
bleeding out tears and unable to breathe
waiting for you to turn and walk away forever
dying for the chance to see you smile one last time
to hear you laugh one last time
dying for the chance to be in your arms
face pushed into the small of your neck
dying for the chance to give you my heart all over again
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