➼ To Be Hurt

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Laid back, I kept on thinking...
that place was wonderland,
and maybe I was just way too happy.
Then you fled.

I exaggerated the way I narrated it--
told myself that
some fair things happened
when it wasn't destined for the moment.
To be for the future, it was meant.

I promise, I didn't mean
to write such prophecy;
the reason why I did
narrate it that way
is because I was...

ready to be hurt.

Laid back, I kept on thinking...
that place was wonderland,
and maybe I was just way too happy.
Then you fled.

I will exaggerate the way I'll narrate this;
I'll tell myself that
you'll be back where you once stood,
right in front of me, the misread sincerity.
In the right future, you'll come back to me.

I promise, I hope
I just wrote a prophecy;
the reason why I do
narrate it that way
is because I am....

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