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One Day

One day it's just been one day removed from from what once thought to be a miserable past a darkened hourglass, emptied and broken faded, swept, discarded You won't find it, once said it's been carried off to the dumpster, the incinerator carried by fire, turning to ashes in the wind Here's a ball, place it over these words a sing-a-long as A Day to Remember screams: 'I swear I'll never be happy again! ' It was then bloomed to be true happiness would never reign as the clouds would grow in number turn a mix of red, black, grey a mixture of sunset with rain clouds, enter the gloom The storm that would last years, a feeling of centuries as the days give birth to the same emotion grieving in literature like death was premature and limbo was more home than reality care to give all because of a girl Leave it to a cartoon to voice a thought out loud so not a single shred of embarrassment can be felt 'Why can't I just like a girl? ' but it wasn't like, it was love a special kind of love, it was mutual until it festered, erupted into a relationship one of those destined to go the distance, a happily ever after if you believe in fairy tales like Disney would fabricate but that very fabrication in defense became a belief so brought to life sought a prince to rise from nothing, obscurity and loneliness to become an important someone to keep the heart of a woman, a future queen who didn't need anyone but she was...enchanting you see To go the distance, it was meant to be but it was distance you see that decided to take her away from...

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Date: 6/26/2018 3:57:00 PM
Why can't I just like a girl. Who knows Crow As long as feelings are true Why we question it is more puzzling We are what we are We like what we like It makes us what we are Different Nice Poem Cheers
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