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This is a quiet attempt at leaving while you sleep

I’m easy and unnoticed, you won’t miss a thing

Just so you know, I’ll never grow any older with you

(Unless I have to)

We outgrew our clothes, taller and fatter

We’re just piles of dust, none of it really matters

My mouth worries, and it will worry you

My tongue is hurried, tying knots it can’t undo

I will eat my words, but I will slur them first

Sometimes being held feels just like being hurt

I’m not afraid of anything but dying and being left behind

But I’m ashamed, I wish we had more time

We used to compare scars under the blankets

Now we hide on separate sides of the bed

The bodies we had were too small for what we felt

Now they’re hollowed out, we’ve got nothing left

My mouth worries, and it will worry you

My tongue is hurried, tying knots it can’t undo

I will eat my words, but I will slur them first

Sometimes being held feels just like being hurt

I hold you down, I let you sink

Like a body in the lake

When I let go, you will float

Like vowels stuck inside your throat

You bite your tongue to swallow blood

It tastes like love, but it is not