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Author: naughtgreen
Fiction Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Reviews: 4 - Published: 02-10-06 - Updated: 02-10-06 - id:2109790

You’re not allowed to do this
You can’t just come along and make people upset
In their own homes. Not your home
Not when there is no reason
I see no advancement for a solution
No attempt at finding it
And that’s fine with you
You can make ripples in the pond, but they will not spread
The most useless stone dropped in the water
These things are unimportant because they will go nowhere
Shut up. Just stop trying to talk
We need to focus on a goal
You don’t care about the goal
You just want to change people and lie about it
”Let me start this off by telling you that I love you”
Bullshit. I was moved. I almost actually saw progress

…I told my father I love him
The hardest thing I could ever do doesn’t matter
For everything there is a season. Time’s up
We will never grow
I had a window of time to contribute affection
All other contributions are null now
I’ll learn to bottle it up again
Save it for a time you want to restore communication for a second
I’m always glad that I have a father who will come to me in times of trouble in order to tell me what I’m doing wrong
I’m sorry I tried to dig deeper
Next time I’ll keep it to myself
One day I’ll explode and you’ll wonder why
None of this matters to you
You don’t see the bigger picture either
Life is a series of pieces placed together haphazardly
I want to be close to you
I’m trying to take that step
I’ve done it. I took a step forward
You took a step back
I’m supposed to be okay with that
One day I’ll explode and you’ll wonder why
I look up to you
You are always so calm and sure of yourself
These are admirable traits. I want to be like you
So I pretend to be calm and sure
It never works. I get torn apart
I never try anymore
I see no reason
Nothing was accomplished today. Maybe later
At least nothing was blown out of proportion
All that happened is you’ve alienated my sister worse than you’ve ever done in her life
No big deal
Then I get confused because I thought I had something
I started running to you but you walked away
You didn’t even put on a clean shirt to see me
None of this has ever mattered
We wake up and the other day has no impact on our lives
We forget pains and we forget lessons
I’ll learn that trait too
Hopefully my feelings will go away altogether
One day I’ll explode and you’ll wonder why



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