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Days like these I wish I could take the pain away, start over, turn a new page. This chapter begins with no shame, just gain but it'll never be the same if you're not the only thing I gain, the struggles that I face make me stronger everyday. Being away is tough but being closer is even harder, you're like my kryptonite, the closer that you are the harder that I fall, now I done took some falls but none quite like you, the feelings I went through, trust me they went right through. Ripped me into bits of two now I don't know what to do. Must be lost and confused.

I swear I'll never be the same if I don't get back to you.

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