why do you treat me like an npc
instead of someone you once loved
when i go through memories of us
i replace my face with a stranger’s
how could you break it off so casually
with a text and a thumbs up
or had i lost touch with reality
as the seasons passed
am i just hurt or have i been wronged
just trying not to blame myself
they’re not subtweets if they’re songs
what should i have done
taught my friends to write love poems
to people who love them
when i couldn’t ask questions
whose answers i feared
you knew how to speak up
except when your feelings changed
and i became
an inconvenience
let’s meet at the building
with windows like pixels
the empty cubicles
the privately owned public space
i should stay away from social media
forget that other people exist
when the sky above us both rains
i hope that you’re depressed
you slipped me out of your life
like a girl out of a dress
should i have fought harder
did i know i wanted to
have i earned this resentment
like a gold fucking star
in the end i miss you
deeper than any scar
i don’t want to let go
to be left with just anger
and the sense that next time
i’ll know better
you once got mad at me for not standing up for myself
i love to hate to hate to love to play the victim
who knew i’d be so powerful as a scorned woman
when i used to blush at your compliments
i still wanna be with you
but at least i know i’m not like you
i don’t wanna be like you
but i still wanna be with you
we don’t know each other
we don’t know each other anymore
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