Out of a Dead Sleep
Lindsey Caldwell

you make me sick
you’re like a plague
like a tick
sucking all the emotion out of me
draining me of all feeling
worthless
insignificant
infuriating
when I’m around you I want to
scream
run
fight back
anything
but I can’t
you keep me tied up with your lies
unkept promises
words that mean nothing to you
but are so much to me
though I should know better
i can’t shake you
can’t break away from you
your need
your unrelenting pathetic helplessness
i can’t
I won’t do this anymore

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