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By Rachel JacksonPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
Back to you
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Took you in like it wasn’t a sin.

Thought that I could chase you without them pulling you away.

A couple years go by and how I’m feeling about you still crosses my mind.

And every time we don’t talk, my skin crawls.

It’s like we never knew each other at all.

Every past memory builds up to those precious moments.

And I gotta convince myself I don’t want it back, even though I do.

I still do.

You broke my heart in two.

I know it wasn’t your decision but I was still torn.

And when I healed, I searched for you.

I know it’s probably too late but it’s true.

I remember wanting to hold you when we weren’t supposed to.

Now I’m laying close to someone else wishing it was you when we owned the same house.

You’re stuck in my head and it’s overwhelming.

If I could do it all over again I know I’d go back to you.

We never got to do it right.

Playing and replaying old conversations we had at night.

Overthinking every word and I’m back to aching.

Cause it’s not me and it wasn’t you.

And what was the point in hiding?

They all knew the truth and everybody knows we had nothing to prove.

You know my heart is on the loose.

All the things you made me realize.

And I could fight the past but what’s the use.

I know I’d go back to you.

heartbreak

About the Creator

Rachel Jackson

I’m from Texas and I am dog lover.

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