i asked her why she told us
to stick together when she
herself stayed on the sidelines,
to which she simply shrugged
and told me that not everyone
was cut out to have friends.
i wanted to ask her why she didn't
consider us her friends
but i feared i wouldn't like
the answer she would give me;
so i looked over at the girl
i called my girlfriend - the girlfriend
i'd gotten only because cara had
made us a group of five that lasted
longer than expected - and forced
myself to believe that she was
the girl i was fascinated with,
and not the girl who smelled
of smoke and looked like a
washed out punk rocker.
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Romanceshe was dark and brooding and everything that made us weary. she surprised us all by bringing us together and showing us how to really live. and then she left us alone to feel nothing but emptiness.
