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Leave Me Alone
Leave me alone
Is what I wrote when I first met you
Your face intruded into my life
I wanted you out
Leave me alone
Is what was scrawled across my hand
I tried to wipe it away, but it wouldn’t come off
Just like you
Leave me alone
You sat with me, not caring about the stares
You knew your place, although persistent
You wanted to be my friend
Leave me alone
It’s always been me, me against everyone else
I had a handle on life, and no one could interrupt
But you distracted me
Leave me alone
My pen hovers over the paper, my mind taken up by you
You infect everywhere I go with your presence
But for some reason I don’t mind
Leave me alone
I yell at my own thoughts, banishing you in my mind
But you stick like dried glue
And I can’t dissolve it
Leave me alone
Is what I wish I’d said when you saved my life that day
I wouldn’t be wrapped up in this mess
But you’re different and I don’t wish that
Leave me alone
Is what I say to myself, brushing everything off
I’m my own roadblock, not you
You help me
Leave me alone
I say to the world, the world fighting against us
You make me myself, someone I’ve never been
But I never know how to tell you:
Don’t leave me
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I wrote this for my friend who stuck with me for a really long time, despite me being “the weird kid”.