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bcg poetry Jan 2015
Her arms were crying for help, but he was too focused on her hands that he wanted to hold.
bcg poetry Jan 2015
You don't say my name when we say goodnight anymore.

The first time around every day was magic and every word was love.
We were writing a story whose last page we already knew.
From the moment we met, we both knew we were doomed.
Yet we were fighting time and distance together, call by call, letter by letter, savoring every hour we did have together.

and we've tried to say goodbye hundreds of times
until the two months when it finally stuck
but somehow i always found my way back to the way you notice how i blink differently when i'm talking to you

And it's better this time because we're friends.
We talk everyday, even though you're miles away.
We laugh together and you hold me when it's hard, even though you're far.
But everything is different because we are no longer in love.
And it's okay, we're both probably happier this way.
Though it's the little things, that remind me of what almost was.
That remind me of the way we were almost meant to be.
Like the way you look at me.

But you don't love me, you closed that door.
I can tell, love, because you don't say my name when we say goodnight anymore.
bcg poetry Jan 2015
She slept in the middle of the bed for the first time in a long time last night.
bcg poetry Jan 2015
I'm just waiting for the day when you finally say, "I love you."

And then I pause and finally watch you watching me.

Until I finally say, "I've loved you since I was seventeen years old, you fool, now kiss me."
bcg poetry Jan 2015
i had this dream last night

i got home from work and you were waiting at our apartment with chinese takeout that we ate as we watched our favorite show on the tiny tv in our living room.

we walked the dog after dinner and then we went back home to fall into eachother.

and i swear to god when i woke up on the left side of this empty bed i could still smell you.

and my heart broke again.

because we never got to have a single simple day before you had to go away.
bcg poetry Jan 2015
She called me again tonight
She didn't know who else to call and with the blood on the floor and the knife in her hand she couldn't ask her parents for help
She tells me, "I'm helpless."
She tells me, "I'm scared."
She tells me, "I can't fall asleep because of the fear."

I know the right things to say. I know how to get her to stay on this side for one more day. I know how to talk her down when her boyfriend isn't around to pull her back to the ground.

So I don't tell her that I'm drowning too. Because I'm the strong one, keeping her afloat. I'm the strong one, when the sea is so big, and we are just two young girls in this small boat.
bcg poetry Jan 2015
I'm in love with you.

And I know that it doesn't make sense, I know we don't make sense.
And I know you're scared, I was scared for a long time too.

But now, when I look at you, I know that with you next to me, I will never be scared again.

With you next to me, I can take the world.

So we can keep talking, we can stay friends.

But if you can be brave for just a little bit, I promise I will spend the rest of my life making sure it was worth it.
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