I got used to temporary things. I’m afraid I might not want anything permanent at all.
MIRA R. ARIDII got used to temporary things. I’m afraid I might not want anything permanent at all.
MIRA R. ARIDINo matter how astray the becoming might be, I’ll never search for the old in me.
MIRA R. ARIDIYou pull away and suddenly I have more room to grow.
MIRA R. ARIDIA year has passed, and even after all that has changed, I know one thing hasn’t. I still want you.
MIRA R. ARIDIHow is it that we mourn the shattered pieces of the love we willingly broke?
MIRA R. ARIDIOf all the lies I’ve lived, and all the lies I’ve been told, the lies I told myself hurt the most.
MIRA R. ARIDII’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
MIRA R. ARIDII close my eyes and I see you. I open them, and I’m blind.
MIRA R. ARIDIIt was always your dreams we focused on, you never thought I’d have dreams too.
MIRA R. ARIDIMaybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
MIRA R. ARIDII want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
MIRA R. ARIDIWhere once there were a few houses between us, now there are seas.
MIRA R. ARIDIAnd when you win all wars of life, there will remain the one you must lose. Time.
MIRA R. ARIDII’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
MIRA R. ARIDIWhen she laughs, her soul floats outside her body and I can touch it.
MIRA R. ARIDIMaybe that’s why it was so easy for you to break me, you can always tear the pages of an open book.
MIRA R. ARIDI