Hollow

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You’re searchin’ hard
for something that’s not here
for so much more
than I can give you
you need to hear words
I can’t let myself say
much as I want to
much as I'm searchin' too

and I barely know myself
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~if I’m not reading

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~reflecting

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~acting

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~gauging

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~reacting

If I'm not the girl busy being what you need, who am I...what do I do?

I know what you want from me
and it kills me not to give it
just that you’re the first to be able
to take so much
I’ve left pieces of me
all over town
like long-forgotten Easter eggs
no one is looking for

and every passing glance

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~feels like a failure
every happenstance

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lacks all its flavor

though I can smell potential on the air

it’s just a shell
this thing between us
a wall built entirely of

what might have been

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