REVOLVING AROUND YOUR ABSENCE
How long do I wait for you?
I'm tired of giving myself hope, telling myself that I still exist in your world.
How much longer do we have to pretend that I'm okay, when I'm breaking where no one sees?
How long will you keep running from me, my feelings?
I sit here, reliving our moments together, because they're all I have left to hold.
My life now circles around you, revolving around your absence.
I see you everywhere. Your shadow still clings to every corner I turn.
And here I am, still asking, still waiting for something that may never come.
Maybe you've forgotten me.
Maybe you've moved on.
Maybe you're too busy to notice the space you've left behind.
I can't escape you now. Everything finds its way back to you.
So I sit here,
Waiting.
Asking.
Hoping you'll give me what you may never have to give.
And still,
I'll wait.
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