Walls

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   Something can only be hit so many times for it breaks for good. My heart is so far beyond broken now I can't even tell how it felt before.
   When I see you my chest swells and tears sting my eyes but I hide them behind a smile.
    You used to be the reason I woke up smiling but now you're the reason I wake up with tear stains on my cheeks.
   You said you wouldn't hurt me, but you did. I wish I would have listened to myself and put up my walls, walls you can not break but instead I put up curtains you easily pushed through.      
Now I feel exposed and naked behind the open window.
   You were my best friend but now I can't look at you, you and her. The saddest part, you said I was yours and turned right around and asked her...

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