Poetry: Perseverance - by Katy Appleby

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by Katy Appleby

Created on: June 23, 2008

the game

You played a terrible game,
with me.
Ripped open my heart and watched it stop beating.
- and i stopped believin,
that you could pull me out from all this.
i used to treasure every last kiss.
It's a shame it had to end like this...

Love flew in the air,
now its buried six feet under, but you dont care.
whats the point in a happy ending?
when in the end your heart rips apart and needs mending...

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