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i love it when we fight and i like it when you're mean

we don't have to get into what that says about me

Mar 25 • annabeth seth

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i pretend you're mine, all the damn time

Jan 18 • annabeth seth

we've only kissed in my poems

Jan 27 • annabeth seth

fuck, you're in my veins

Jan 30 • annabeth seth

my flesh reminds you of blood but hers of strawberries

Jan 15 • annabeth seth

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yelling over club music

“am i wrong for wanting more?” i yell and down another sip of whatever drink’s in my glass right now,

Mar 22 • annabeth seth

mirrors and desperation are synonymous

all my clothes reek of longing, and every pretty top i left hanging at the store reeks of desperation,

Mar 12 • annabeth seth

love spills from my kitchen drawers

i cut the garlic and roast the tomatoes, it’s muscle memory now, a bottle of red wine is on the kitchen island and if hopes could make you mine, you’d…

Mar 8 • annabeth seth

i hope my daughter gets my eyes and not my habit to never let go

i’ll miss every human i’ve ever loved and every beach, apartment and train i’ve been to,

Feb 28 • annabeth seth

i'm not as over you as i thought that i was

(and i thought i was)

Feb 26 • annabeth seth

i cannot be your fool anymore

you’re pretty and poisonous, please kiss the paper cuts on my fingers better, they know you a little too well.

Feb 22 • annabeth seth

everything is vapour

so i buy a box of plastic crayons and try to colour the moon in pink

Feb 15 • annabeth seth

cradle my heart like it's yours (it is)

Feb 11 • annabeth seth

party on you [part of you knew]

its terribly easy to get lost in a crowd, in a party so i’m trying to find you, and it’s deja vu to when i lost you,

Feb 8 • annabeth seth

my recipe to be a poet

at your own risk

Feb 3 • annabeth seth

fuck, you're in my veins

i think you’ll always taste bittersweet, and i’ve made peace with that

Jan 30 • annabeth seth

we've only kissed in my poems

i need to blame somebody for me being stupid enough to still be in love with you so i blame my artistic integrity because we live in my poems and you…

Jan 27 • annabeth seth

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