Cloud 9

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When I'm talking to you, I'm on cloud 9

but when you leave, I'm

miles below the surface.

I try to combat the suffocating darkness with fantasies of

us, or even

fictional characters.

I push everyone away.

They ask how I am,

they wonder where I've gone, 

and I answer each one calmly

where inside,

I am burning.

So I picture us kissing,

paste on a smile,

and give short, 

simple answers.

But really, I still

have a life.

I wish I could talk to you, 

be on cloud 9

all the time.

But my parents

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