i want to hold you again
but instead you're holding him
and you call him the name
that you should call me
but i have to swallow my jealousy
(as intense as it is)
because he's better for you
he's better than me
and he'll take better care of you
he'll love you more than i ever could
you're happy and safe
and i'm just lonely
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BURN (Wattys2015?)
Poetry"Poetry...is thoughts that breathe and words that burn."--Thomas Gray "Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." --Leonard Cohen Poems on the tough stuff in life. Poems on the crazy good stuff in li...