Part XI

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Isn't it sad that some of us mistake punches for romance, and the taste of blood for love.
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You broke me open and made your self at home in my chest. Now my heart has stopped beating and I can't breathe with the weight of you sitting on my lungs.
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Even when I've drunk enough to forget who I am, I still can't forget about you.
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When you found me, I was simply black and white. I learned to love, as you coloured between the lines but then you left, leaving pieces of me untouched, still only black and white.
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An unfinished masterpiece is beautiful all the same.

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