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like me.
we are not the same
we won't be alike
you won't ever be like me
ever
not while you’re still you
when every heartbeat aches
when every touch is painful
when every step is like walking on hot coals
when that’s what your life is like
then you will be like me.
when it’s a grace to have good nightmares
when you scream for help and no one hears you
when you spend holidays crying
when the mention of a simple memory brings tears to your eyes
then you will be like me.
when you put on a happy smile
even though you're fighting back the agony
when you’ve already drowned in the seas of your own tears
then you will be like me.
when everyone has someone
and you have no one
because your only partner is long gone and is never coming back
when people laugh at your pain
then you will be like me.
when you’ve placed your life on the table and given your heart to the one person they swore they’d protect
and he walks away, never looking back
then you will be like me.
when he hears but doesn’t listen
when you can't bring yourself to speak unless spoken to
and he won’t speak to you
and you feel the devastation
then you will be like me.
when living is agony
and you’re supposed to be dead
when the ones you lived and died for have left you in their dust
when your reasons for living fade away
then you will be like me.
when each blink of your eye yields a thousand horrors
and your scars spell names
when you die in your sleep every night
only to wake up the next day
then you will be like me.
when you’re all alone
a one-man army against the world,
and the light in your eyes is gone
when the rain is the only weather you like
because it is the only one you can feel
when you love the dark solely because it’s already consumed you
then you will be like me.
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