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(absent)
___________"sometimes i realize how much you're missing from my life
youre missing from my morning coffee, your chatty-morning-loving self always was to tell me updates on celebrities who i didnt care about unless you did
youre missing from the shelves in my living room, after all your soft books of poetry or american history left, mine was only tasteless fillers
youre missing from the coldness of my sheets, only to warm them once we got in together, our bodies tangled with one another unless we got too hot
my family sees it too, they say im missing a part of my personality. even if i was quiet before, i think you made up some part of me,
when you left, you took everything
including part of me."
— death killed you, while also partly killing me.
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author's note.
___________newwww cover, sorry if it shows something different for yall. i just wanted to change it up a little.
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Poetry101 poems. #190 in poetry triggering content: disclaimer in first chapter. © natalie whatley. "cringeful" started: 12/22/17 ended: n/a