Month: January 2025
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[never real]
I showed you who I was And you fell in love And I fell in love with you But the person I fell in love with Was never real -Amelia James
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[oceans deep]
You spoke in tides and whispered waves,Promises oceans deep, endless, vast—Yet fleeting as foam upon the shore.I stood, toes buried in the sand,Believing the horizon was ours to claim. I tried to hold onto the daysWhen you were mine,Clinging to the sunlight glinting on water,Ignoring the storm clouds rising in the distance.Your words, a siren’s…
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[wonder]
I wonder if the things that remind me of you remind you of me -Amelia James
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[it was mine first]
You took it with handsThat didn’t ask permission,Claiming what was never yours to hold.My girlhood—A fragile, shimmering thing,Bound in innocence and wonder—Torn from me before I could name it. It was mine first.Mine to cradle,Mine to grow into,Mine to guard like a secretUntil I chose to share its light. But you—You turned memories into weapons,Sharp…
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[hijacked remorse]
An apology so hollow,even the echo atoned for it—an apology that crumbled under its own emptiness,thin as breath, fleeting as smoke. You stare into your reflection,but it’s shattered glass, not growth.Splinters don’t make you stronger—they just remind you of what broke. In a room of bright eyes and borrowed faith,you stand at the front, palms…
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[perhaps]
perhaps the reason i feel as though moving on is i m p o s s i b l e is because for you it was a game of c h a r a d e s but for me it was all r e a l -Amelia James
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[memories]
I’ve searched a thousand and five reveries Trying to find the version of me Before you Broke Me The search continues -Amelia James
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[How many]
How many heart-breaking Taylor Songs will I have to fit into Before I finally get over you How many songs must I relate to Reflecting the love I poured all over you Before I am finally able to see The vanity The insanity The desperation And ever-pleading with God To either take it from me…
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[healing of time]
They say time heals all wounds But if that were true Surely I’d be over you by now There is no place in time in which I can go To where you have been, and where you aren’t Memories of a haunted love Lingers like a pungent smoke If time truly heals all A thousand…
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