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You cross my mind so innocently Like the first shot of the night I take you in without a second thought Blissfully, and playfully, because this surely won't go anywhere tonight I remember those summer nights with you, They taste like Peach and Grapefruit No wait, that's the alcohol I take my next shot with a bit of hesitation I feel a lump in my throat Like the first time I went out drinking and with the same fear this will end badly I remember the lump in my throat when I first met your family But you kept telling me to relax, and it'll be ok It'll be ok, I'll just take another shot This one goes down a little less smoothly And there'

Talking to you is one of the most calming things ever Almost as soothing as dipping my feet in the stream I get to relax Just let the water pass over my toes and let the conversation flow in any way that it may I forget all my worries And for a moment I'm at peace The breeze takes our time together with it Blissful as I may be As still as I want to stay You have a destination And like the flowing water You do not stop with me You're not feeling the same things I am You have somewhere to run to Someone to pour all your thoughts and feelings into I'm sorry for lingering longer than I should I didn't know But the water is nice here And I'l

Inhale. Everything has led up to this. Endless, restless nights. Countless hours of wandering around in the dark completely alone. Up and down and up and down thousands of stairs of dozens of buildings. All my worries and troubles, stressing about getting into college, graduating high school, doing well in honors and advanced placement classes, surviving the social awkwardness that is middle school, leaving the comfort of elementary school, abandoning nap time and coloring assignments that had be perfect, learning the alphabet, learning to walk and talk and understanding only the very crude basics of surviving my protected little bubble tha