Contributor: Lyla Sommersby

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I tried to die
in your arms
in your eyes
in your heart

I tried to die
on your floor
on your lap

on the way
to heaven
you caught me
threw me back

threw me
into your car
as I threw up
the pills
threw up
the future
I thought I wanted.

I tried to die
while I could still keep you
but now
I can only try
to live
through the days
without you.


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I am a student in Miami, Florida. Painting is my other love. My first book, Sketches of Someone, is available through Thunderune Publishing.