real question: when you say your eyes search for them every time they walk by, are they still around you? or is this more about someone you used to see?
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real question: when you say your eyes search for them every time they walk by, are they still around you? or is this more about someone you used to see?
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I hate the way you never say anything,
yet I understand your thoughts immediately.
I don't want to admit that,
slowly...
very slowly...
you have seeped into my heart,
and I have started to care about you.
I hate the way
I second-guess everything
I'm about to say to you,
even when it isn't important,
just because it's for you.
I hate the way
my eyes search for you
every time you walk by.
I hate it.
I hate everything
that is related to you.
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second-guessing everything you're about to say: i copied that down. that's what loving someone does to you. i know that feeling.
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does this person know any of this? like, are they reading this and finding out right now, or is this something you needed to write for you?
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real question: when you say your eyes search for them every time they walk by, are they still around you? or is this more about someone you used to see?
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I HATE THE SIGHT OF YOU....... BEST BELIEVE I DO.