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i didn't reply.
do you know how hard it is to tell
someone that you are lost,
that you are broken
that your hope is dying
 like the petals of a flower,
that you have given up,
given up everything, even the voice-
it's so hard to use your voice,
that voice hurts me 
that voice got me in this trouble 
that voice made me heard- seen,
i want to stay hidden-
deep down i know that i don't really want that.

i almost gave up on myself,
but why did you?
you're not supposed to give up yet,
you were supposed to continue frantically
calling and calling
texting and texting 
hugging and hugging,
until one day perhaps i would be ready-
but you just left with your subtle essence,
and acted like i was fine,
like i didn't need anybody.

lily, i was vulnerable,
and the worst feeling 
is when you so desperately try to find hope
in people you used to know.
you are a person i used to know.
and this hope is the only thing that is
keeping me going 
keeping me from crashing 
keeping me from dying.
lily, you have changed.
i hardly recognize you. 
i don't see the girl
 i had thousands of sleepovers with in kindergarten.
i see a woman with a new life
new friends
a boyfriend 
off to college,
building a future for yourself.
i'm happy for you lily, i truly am. 
but i thought for the longest time that my happiness 
would always be apart of your's. 
i think that's what broke me the most. 


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