Back To Number One

I ran but I couldn’t keep up

I wasn’t sure honey, I wasn’t

It should be perfect

It should

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So I’ll hold myself

Wrap these arms loosely around myself

And hug myself Saying it will be fine

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I should have walked away

I should have

But I let you in

Now I’m hurting again

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Back to number one

Back to the place Where I cry myself to sleep

Back to the dark where it is just me against the world

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You were my secret

The one behind my smile

But you had to walk away

To prove a point

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This bittersweet smile

Do not define me

It only means I am strong enough

To remain unbroken.

©Booky Glover, 2017