ash & scars

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You show me a picture
of when we were young,
smile sweetly and laugh at the memory,
and when I start to cry
at your digging up old wounds,
somehow, it's about you.

Silent breakdown 12km away
and you just keep talking
about missing the 'good old days'
when I hated myself
and was dependent on your cheap,
marshmallow words.

I hug my scars and excuse myself,
old wounds dripping
with grey regret and amber hate,
as you have the audacity to act offended
somehow still thinking
it's all about you.

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