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When I'm Not There

October 12, 2010
By Halley Demetrulias BRONZE, Pheonix, Arizona
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When I'm not there,
You will miss me.
When I'm not there,
You will realize you love me.
When I'm not there,
You will not eat, sleep, and find it hard to smile.
Because everytime I AM there,
I am ignored.
I am unloved.
I am tired of it.
So when you wake up and I'm not there,
know that I loved you, and you ruined it.

© Andrew M., Apple Valley, MN

The author's comments:
I wrote it because it seems like all everyone is doing involves hurt, whether to themselves or the people around them. And it's just about how if you continue to abuse yourself, you abuse others, the others you love. Then, the others get tired of all the hurt, and they leave you one way or another.
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