Don't

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 21:52 -- Aegis

Please, don't like me
Don't fall into that trap that is love
Or whatever you call it
I know, i know, you "don't"
Or maybe you do?
I don't know what you say
But i do know what you feel
I know because I read it on your face
In the way you laugh and smile
And the fire that is hot behind your eyes
And the shadow that flickers between them
Between us
Your brain and I
Separated by this shadow
Your brain and your eyes
Separated, by this shadow
Just don't. Don't. Don't for one second
Dare to think that you like what you see
You can't.
you don't, I promise you you don't
Because i know what your eyes see
There's no shadow between us
Only between us and your brain
You see and think that you feel
But your heart doesn't feel what you see
It feels what the shadow sees
And unfortunately the shadow likes me
Not your eyes
Your eyes
Your beautiful eyes
Oh goodness your beautiful eyes
I'm so sorry so so soo sorry about your Reyes
They did, they deserved more
Than to be cursed with that shadow
That stupid flickering shadow
It flickers you know
The shadow
That's why I called it flickering
It flickers
This shadow
And you see for just a moment
A breath of air
An inhale of truth
Of me
The truth of me you see and hate
But then the shadow
That stupid flickering shadow
It says you like me
Don't listen
Don't like
Just don't. Stop. I promise you don't.
Not me, not the darkness the shadow sees
That's what I am
A shadow on this earth.
A member of his kind. A shadow
A stupid small flickering shadow.
Don't like a shadow.
A shadow like me.
Don't. Please don't.

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