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L.O.V.E The Lie "I do"
Rewind.
"Will you marry me?" Her eyes are hopeful that this time I will say yes. Because the last few times I had told her that I wasn't ready, that she wasn't ready, that marriage wasn't in the cards.
Rewind.
Dust flies under the tires as it becomes a race to get to Nebraska. In my mind it had become a game, a sick and twisted one. How many miles can I put under these tires in comparison to how many times her fathers fist comes down onto her skin.
Rewind.
"Cassie? Do you love her? Long distance relationships never work out. You are too empathetic to be loving a cutter, a daughter of a father who beats her, for a suicidal girlfriend." "No, I don't love her. But that doesn't mean I won't."
Rewind.
"When did you decide to be lesbian, Cassie?" "When I came out of the womb preaching diversity. Or maybe it was the rainbow flag that is invisibly wrapped around my skin. Not sure."
Rewind.
"I'm bored someone message me."
Okay.
Fast forward
"I do"
You're looking so far into
You're looking so far into the future and so far into the past. And to think we really did just start out with my boredom.
~~We can fade away together one dream at a time.~~