Jennifer Sollmann

Clutching your name
Near to my heart
It’s so hard to forget
The way your eyes
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Sometimes I think, just maybe I miss you
The way you were overly concerned,
The way you just couldn’t be away from me,
The way you always listened to everything I said,
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Fragile and pale
Life dissipated to nothing
Limp fingers plead
For acknowledgement
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Fists pounding the broken glass
Tiny shards draw crimson blood
I insist on contorting my heart
Rendering a painful existence
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Tripping over my words
Clumsy in my thoughts
My bright smile tells it all
You’re blind to my transparency
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I’m overwhelmed
A million words
I want to say to you
A rushing river inside
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A well rehearsed script
I play the part well
Bowing graciously
Hiding my surprise
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I constantly fight the urges
I just want to grab your hand
But I can’t because you don’t
I want to wrap my arms around you
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Your words expressing sentiment
Are like an arrow straight through
Pain explodes in my chest
Pressure builds up
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The gentle beating of your heart
Your tantalizing scent
The warmth of your arms
It all drew me in further
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Every time I think I’m done
I see you and I know I’m not
I’m overwhelmed with a passion
Of an unknown origin
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Your skin was so close to mine
You were right there next to me
But so far out of my reach
The sad lyrics sang to my heart
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I pull my knees to my chest
As I sit feeling numb to it all
I have no desire to do anything
I just want to sit and cry over you
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I couldn’t even see, blinded by your beauty
Imagining you by my side, my mind is afflicted with you
Who are you?
A faceless being- shining with beauty
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Lifting a frozen hand
Barely grasping the edge
The crevice looming before me
Fear effervescing inside
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Slipping under a guise again
Being buried in the lies
Forged emotions lead the way
Crumbling of the truth
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I revolt when it starts to feel the same
Reminders of a past I chased away
I think of you as mine
Jealousy kindly waltzes with me
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The ghost of a well used lie
Clings to your shoulders
Casting a shadow on your truth
Your eyes appear shameless
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Sinking in the quicksand
You’ve got a hold on me
Suffocating in the blue
Pleased by the attention
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I remember how it was
When she came into our lives
You ran to her like a lost puppy
She was your obsession
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