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Professor_Zoom's picture
Submitted by Professor_Zoom on February 17, 2008 - 22:49.

I admit I needed you
perhaps too much
physically
back then

it was because
I was lonely
and I needed someone to
cling to.

sure, I had friends
but they were new
and i wasn't used to them

I was stressed out
and I'm sorry I took it out
on you
and everyone around me.

I should just stop
thinking about it
because it just makes me feel
worse.

But I can't stop.
And then I hate myself more for it
because it's not helping
anything.

Usagi's picture

Yes. Different

Submitted by Usagi on February 17, 2008 - 22:55.

Yes.

Different situation,
but I'm
the same way.
And it's like
poking at a
bruise.
It hurts, but I
can't
stop.

No fancy paraphrasing here
and pretending I'm
wise.
All I can say now is
this is
so true
and so raw.
And I can
completely
understand.

Professor_Zoom's picture

it

Submitted by Professor_Zoom on February 17, 2008 - 22:59.

it just..ugh...
I...can't...
I don't even know
what to think
about anything
anymore
because I'm so confused
about it all.

Usagi's picture

And nothing

Submitted by Usagi on February 17, 2008 - 23:05.

And nothing makes
sense.

You seemed so
happy
and
over
it all.

Then you got
all sad
again

and now

it's just
confusion.

Which is more
sad
than happy.

Professor_Zoom's picture

yeah. Frankly, I don't even

Submitted by Professor_Zoom on February 17, 2008 - 23:07.

yeah.
Frankly, I don't even know how I feel about it any more.
Which kinda is why I'm confused.

Usagi's picture

Basically:

Submitted by Usagi on February 17, 2008 - 23:14.

Basically:
that sucks.

You say
"I was lonely
and I needed someone to
cling to."

I do that.
Or I'm somewhere
unfamiliar,
strange,
and I need someone to guide me
even if they
know as little as I do.

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