eyeliner

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i cried that night.

i know it was stupid

to cry about something

i hadn't even found

so that it could be lost.

but i cried

in my room

towing the weight onto my head

so that it could fall to the pillow

and convince me to bleed tears.

maybe love just wasn't for me.

and then

i spotted the notebook

he had handed me

earlier that day.

i stared from drawing to drawing

nostalgic of the past;

and waited to find that secret note

that he had placed there

on purpose

because he'd known i'd see it.

but that note did

n o t

e x i s t .

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