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The 1 I Want and Need

You inject yourself into my bloodstream And give me a sense of high But when you leave, Your cravings become apparent You force me to care and love But I know you’ll only be around For a minute length of time And then you’ll leave me shivering and dead inside Upon an empty couch I try not to attach to anyone Because I know it will only lead to pain But you latch onto my strenuous beating heart Like a bat onto its prey I fear and know that it will lead directly to pain The withdrawal symptoms of torched and tired aortic machine Whether you, move away, leave me or you die, any leave will kill me So why not do it now Now I need you to keep going I need you to survive I live for you but want to die And that’s the truth from I

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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