• burning heart drawing
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    I would have stopped the world for you. I would have made mountains move for you. I would have lied for you. I would have died for you. How could I have been so naïve to think That you would do the same for me? I walked through hell for you, And you watched without ...
  • Shattered heart
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    In a heap of agony, You would watch me die, Because I believed your lies. I cared so much. You cared so little. Now I’m drowning in a puddle Of sorrow and betrayal. You told me we would be forever. But for you, It actually meant never. I’m lying in a pool of despair, Because ...
  • Black and white photo of a dilapidated house
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    I built this house for us. Layered it brick by brick glued it together with mortar reinforced it with steel. But with a single swing of your wrecking ball, you demolished it, left only a pile of rubble and my shattered heart. These walls I constructed founded on loyalty and dedication intertwined with love and ...
  • Hand in water
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    You said with your actions I am not worth saving. You said with your actions You never loved me. You said with your actions You would let me drown in my thoughts. How then am I supposed to trust you? Why would I let you in again To the darkest depths of my soul? What ...
  • Animal skull set in the foreground with sand dunes and desert in the background
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    It’s written in paint across the west-facing wall of a dilapidated church; the message is cold in the summer heat. I’m anxious as I pace the perimeter. My partner, the former sheriff of El Triunfo, Nico Ros, lies on a chipped pew. His hat sits on his face, but his beard peaks out from the ...
  • Snake hand with blood and a eye.
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    First, the plane landed late, and now she was calling him, and he hadn’t even picked up his luggage. “What do you want, Rachael?” Okay, maybe he was being impatient with her. Tom had been away on a business trip for the last three weeks. So, he calmed himself down and tried again. “I’m sorry, ...
  • desert landscape
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    Ashes to ashesdust to dustamong the light. The light you gaveonce filled mewith immeasurable hope. I placed my trustinto what I believedwas a sincere friend. I believed in yougave all into whoI believed was my family. I wander the desert,beaten and brokenin humiliation. Ashes to ashesdust to dustamong lonely nights. The wildernessnow my homewithout you.
  • Candlelight
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    Oh, my dear Judasyou once meanteverything. We played, laughedand fought demonstogether. We wanted to liveand take on thecruel world. But your family hatedme hanging out withsomeone like you. Your loved onesdidn’t appreciate mebeing a part of your life. Instead of defendingme against them andremaining a true friend? You abandoned me toan emotional hellevery time. I ...
  • Bleeding hearts
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    Best friends for neveris what we havebecome. Time can never healthe rift and distancebetween us. An angel turned demonis what you areto me. “Misery loves company,”is what people saidabout you and I. Like a blinded fool,I could not seethis eye-opening truth. “No good deed goes unpunished,”is a spoken truth Inow believe. Best friends for neveris ...
  • tearful soul
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    Thirty days and thirty nightscan never be enoughto get over you. The light you broughtinto my life is nowa distant memory. Every time I close my eyesI envision the happinessI thought I brought you. You disappeared into the coldwinter night, leaving meto the unforgiving wilderness. Abandoned by you, I try to livefighting my demons andblack, ...