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Master of Disguise

People go but how
 They leave always stays.
   Call it what it is, 
 A parting of ways.

   If you want to test
 My water on a whim.
   Make damn sure,
 You know how to swim.

   It didn't kill me but something
 Inside me died that day.
   When she left me,
 It took my breath away.

   I struggle to tell 
 The days apart.
   Feels like I'm right
 Back at the start.

   All I loved gone
 In the blink of an eye.
   I guess she had to 
 Spread her wings and fly.

   I ride the proverbial
 Red line.
   I'm in a state of
 Mental decline.

   My temper flares, I'm angry,
 I feel irate.
   Irritated like a bear 
 That can't hibernate.

   I sit here and watch 
 The airplanes fly.
   I sit here and watch
 The world pass me by.

   There was a time I believed
 It was me you needed to find.
   I question that, when 
 You left me behind.

   As the tears roll
 Down my cheek.
   The pain is so great,
 Not a word I can speak.

   My world cold, 
 A severe winter storm.
   You were the heat,
 You kept me warm.

   When she ran away
The avalanche began
   I'm cold and my heart
 Is snowed-in.

   I stop the tears,
 Bring them to a halt.
   I admit my part, 
 I own my fault.

   If you look for it you can
 See it in my eyes.
   I play the part,
 I'm a master of disguise.

    Turbo1904

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