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7 Loves (Compressed into Tiny Poems)

7 Loves (Compressed into Tiny Poems)

you were only ever a dream but i was always real you dissolved into non-being and i learned how to heal

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Crystal Jackson
Jul 18, 2018
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you were only ever a dream
but i was always real
you dissolved into non-being
and i learned how to heal

-you weren’t who you pretended to be

i lay a pillow by my side
i breathe deeply in the night
and try to pretend this pain i feel
will leave at morning’s light

you were never going to make this right.

-i tell myself the truth

i drin…

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