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We took some gorgeous pictures yesterday, I wouldn't give in until I got you to smile After spoiling so many with your scowls... Since when did you not smile in photos? I shuffle through them now and I think, If I didn't know any better I'd assume We were having a wonderful time. You always were A cunning little actress. The flash goes off and your normal face returns, You hate this party, you need to get away. Despite everything, I still See through you, And insist on accompanying you Though for all the use I am, I may as well have just danced on. So in silence we walk, And in worry I wait; Just eighteen, yet you need Two bottles, Where did you get the money? And you know I don't drink. Stumble along to the park, Oak trees shading your sensitive skin Though it's already burning. I look sadly into your face, Faint concentration as you pour out your poison, It's only the two of us here. Empty eyes as you gulp and shudder, I couldn't have less in common with this girl. I don't know this obligated embrace, I don't know the awkward brush of that hand, I don't know those cold, grey eyes, Looking anywhere but at me, Cloudy with no trace of that Beautiful blue. I avoid the alcohol And drink you in instead; There's no denying that You're not the girl I fell in love with. If I met this girl on the street one day, Would I feel the same? Or would I pass her by? As I hold you and mop you up, Considering the latter, I realise it doesn't matter. I don't know who you are, But even now I'm here to save you. Let them think it's out of pity, For I know it's out of love.
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