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Don’t Forget (You Deserve It) Leah Keane
Don't Forget (You Deserve It)
You hope one more bottle will help because, after all, this is the opposite of bottling it up.
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But this is how it helps: it doesn't. The only thing it does is transfer the hurt.
It leads to a friend messaging you on Facebook at 1am to remind you of things you never remembered and never thought you could be capable of.
It leads to you pulling out that musty pack of cigarettes and smoking until your lungs bleed
because suffering is the only way to ask for forgiveness without a forgiving word being said.
It leads to waiting for hours for an answer to an apology and knowing you deserve every second of suspense because your time is now hinged on regret.
It leads to an hour spent on Reddit threads for alcoholics and thinking about your dad in another hospital bed.
It leads to never knowing until you've learned to lie in it.
