For someone close to me

I heard you crying last night. 
I didn't say anything. 
You don't like it when I hear you. 

You and I, we are different people. 
I think in a different way. 
I spend more time in light-filled shadows than you do. 

We were close, sharing secrets in the moonlight 
late at night, and now...
You don't know me anymore. 

I'm not sure I want you to. 

 
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Mercury

VT

17 years old

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    I once described myself as a river
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    It came when I didn't expect it, and it cried 
    Like a child, it screamed longer than it should've 
    and I couldn't ignore it, nobody could

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