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[tea--stained]

Meet me in the past. In the midst of this grand colourful tapestry of us. On this landscape woven of all that was good before the threads unravelled beneath us.

— AzureOblivion

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And I still go to Greenwich

to be held by our past.

— AzureOblivion

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[tea--stained]

This is where I fell and lay when you told me you wouldn't stay. This is where I shed my skin to release the demon that haunted within. This is where you caressed my hips when I tasted lies and whiskey on your lips. This is where you left me bruised after you promised me I was your muse. This is where I watched our past burn when I accepted that you would never learn.

— AzureOblivion

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If I am not your sun, I won't be your satellite. I'm visible but unreachable, Saturn armoured by rings. I will pass you on my orbit, a billion miles apart. You will see me, bright but faint, untouchable as the stars.

— AzureOblivion

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Feed me memories

and old train tickets,

the birthday cards

they never sent me

and the quiet dust

that drifted in our wake.

I've learned it's easier

to drown in the past

than choke on the present.

— AzureOblivion

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When she says

the word "fuck"

so softly

it's not a swear

but a prayer.

— AzureOblivion

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Don't ask me to love you if you don't intend to stay.

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When no one wants your love

so you give it to the moon.

— AzureOblivion

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A Declaration

Did you forget who I am? I didn’t walk through hell to find the pieces of myself that he shattered, and put myself back together for you to try to tear me down. Healing may make me seem gentle but I have a diamond-hard core and a will stronger and more fierce than you’ve seen in me before. I forged my armour from the very blaze that burned my sanctuary to the ground. So throw your petty stones and disguise them as love. Disturb my peace and betray my kindness by demanding what is not yours. I am skilled in the art of war, a veteran of too many battles of the heart. I made a vow that love and hate would damage me nevermore. So bring your armies, sound your horns. If it’s war you want, I will make you swallow your pride until you crawl. I will make you wish you had never left home at all.

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Do not stray too far into her heart.

The dead whisper here.

- AzureOblivion

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You wanted me to be the missing piece of your puzzle. But darling, I am not only a piece. I am an entire universe. Your mistake was thinking that I was a part of your world when the truth is you are a drop of water in my ocean, a grain of sand in my desert, a speck of dust in my cosmos, a name I have forgotten because you proved how small you are when you failed to  recognise my worth.

- AzureOblivion

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Unanswered questions

What do we do 

with the memories 

when love dies?

And what of the photos, 

the anniversaries, 

the gifts that were given?

Are they suddenly

rendered meaningless,

relics of a past

to be forgotten,

to never be talked about,

only cried over

while we mourn lost love,

and then buried

or tossed out with the trash?

What do we do

with the memories

when love dies?

- AzureOblivion

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I'm thirty-three.

I'm tired.

I'm not ready to start over.

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I have held these truths so long.

I needed somewhere to put them down.

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The blood is flowing,

but the ink has run dry.

- AzureOblivion

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Adrift

I realise what I need, what I really need, is a constant, a security blanket, an anchor in the chaotic sea of life.

Instead, I've had the rug pulled from under me, a flood of doubts overwhelming my shaky heart.

- AzureOblivion

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Nocturnal

I am but a wraith creeping through the night, illuminated by this lack of witching hour light.

I am but a lone wolf howling at the moon, for a flame turned to dust, a chapter ended too soon.

I am but a candle flickering in the dark, wax dripping like a tear, midnight ink stains leaving their mark.

- AzureOblivion

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