the desk is clean and the halls are quiet
if you didn't know you never would have guessed
i don't look like the kind of girl who would
i am quiet and shy
i blend into walls in corners
sometimes i amaze myself with how well i disappear
but the truth is, if i had my way
I'd have kept the colors in my hair
it just ended up not working out
something about a metamorphosis
i am now playing a part i no longer fit
i have never believed in excess
i am always calculated, i think ahead
there are times when enough is enough
enough sleep, enough food, enough crying alone in your bed
it amazes me that there are people in this world who seem to know no boundaries
they just consume
no thought involved
not every action has to be painstaking
100 dollars of chemicals keeping me wide awake
i didn't need it
i didn't even really want it
but it was there and it was offered so i took it
that's what i used to think i would always do
given the opportunity, i should have gone overboard
but i didn't realize the way that all the ups and downs change you
when i was tripping, it wasn't introspective
it was weird and obscure and for the longest time i just had no idea what i truly wanted
we wandered for hours, a band of magical nymphs
casting waves to shake lakes and winds to sweep away everything
fleeting moments
everchanging
time will go on no matter how you push or resist it
i did neither
i floated on my back until it carried me to the shore
maybe its weakness
maybe its just the cost of over analyzing to a point where i have nothing more to say on reality
towards the end though, i had a moment
millisecond clarity
just one complete thought
happy and healthy and strong and calm
the perfect balance
these were the things i needed to collect in order to feel okay
this year has turned my body into a wasteland
once upon a time, i was strong and motivated
now i can't remember the last time i could run
i am weak and i feel it
my stomach knows it
it won't let me eat
it fears that everything i don't need will spread like a virus to the rest of me
i have lost 5 pounds of strictly muscle mass
there is a need to recondition
to convince myself that throwing up is NOT normal
that recovering a few pieces of my old life might make my new one a little easier
"you ruined everything"he told me once
i laughed at that
what a lofty statement
like one single person could possibly carry that much blame
like i was willing to tote it around on my shoulders until it crushed me and i had to go running back
i didn't ruin everything
i didn't even ruin part of it
my memories are all separate, isolated incidents
as time has passed, the screaming has silenced
its the love and laughter my mind has embellished upon most
i miss you
i always will
i hope you'll tell me if things get not okay
keep going
keep trying
and eventually time will take us to the shores of everything we ever worked for
here we are now
- May 05, 2011
- ideaofcrying
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