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was I not enough to make you stay?

May 8, 2024
By marleykate GOLD, Paris, Tennessee
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you walked out the door

and sure you might have been told to do it

but you didnt have to

you chose to

you chose to leave

you said it wasnt my fault

So why do i feel like it is

even more so now that you said that

i feel like i cant be touched or looked out

without cringes going down my body

was i not enough to make you stay?

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The author's comments:

I wrote this in the heat of the moment. It cuts straight deep to the heart and asks us what we all asks ourselves.

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