People They Come and Go

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silent walks along those empty seats
i sat across the line then our eyes meets
celebrating break ups at midnight
i'm a fortress in that cold night

why everything seems fine at first
we weren't drowning on our own thirst
filled empty nights with kisses
now, there are voices of loud hisses

you put my heart on pedestal
in recent memory, i'm losing my mental
thinking of you walked the old road
there are things that i wish you told

sweet sympathy, silence your empathy
spaces, faces, pleases, sincerity
sleeping with tears on my pillow, helpless
static on your own stance, careless

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