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For You

May 10, 2010
By arimas SILVER, Columbia, South Carolina
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my heart slowly breaks
as u mend it with your words
in a world where i can't breathe
i find solace in your breath

you pulled me from shark infested waters
only to strand me on an island
where my only protection was you

but that only lasted so long

your existence pulled me up
i learned to depend on it
and now it's not there
and i'm falling again

i said i'd never do this again
become dependent on another for strength
but i did
i just wished you knew.

© Katie S., Vineland, NJ

The author's comments:
this is about my first crush after my first love and heartbreak. he was the opposite of the love guy. he saved me... im sorta mad at the site right now. waters in the second stanza and strength in the last are sposed to be in the lines above them. just doesnt fit. so read it like that, please.
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