A.N. So i am very much not sure what exactly this is. it started out as a joke poem emailed to my bestie, and it turned into...

this.

i gotta say, i'm digging whatever this is. I'D ADORE SOME FEEDBACK SO PLEASE WRITE A REVIEW PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR AND SPRINKLES AND LOVE.

the long way around

she knew going (&in&)

exactly where this would .end.

in heartache and pain and ;(strife);

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but she ?didn't? say {no}

because this girl, she'd go

:_anywhere_: to !feel! again in her life

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his eyes on {|*|grey!fire|*|}

her heart's on the (-/wire/-)

(oh god, what's happening to them?)

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she's two steps from %losing%

this game she keeps choosing

to play, on the hopes that she'll |(!*win *!)|

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(^secrets^ don't suit her)

she hopes that he'll choose her

but then again, she knows it's for :(naught):

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cause his eyes on {|*|grey!fire|*|}

are taking her :^^:higher:^^:

like some kind of l-i-f-e-s-a-v-i-n-g-d-r-a-u-g-h-t

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he's /*/saving/*/ her, :"*":always:"*":

and d-a-y after d-a-y

he gives her everything he's got

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and she knows this is /*stupid*\

but she's been marked by -/Cupid/-

and the fall is anything but (...s/l/o/w...)

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because a girl like this

does :NOT: !h!i!t! and 'm^i^s^s'

this girl, she's one who must know.

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so farther she [=falls=]

and in the end, she -/crawls/-

because love has beaten her (_dry_)

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but "::happy endings::" don't {...l/i/n/g/e/r...}

and with one -crook- of a finger

her /father\ has labeled him :(|'bad'|):

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{and her family hates him }

(and she just wants to save him)

but that's not an option, now, is it?

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because she's /b\o/l\/d\ and she's /b\r/a\v/e\

but her heart is (d(e(p(r(a(v(e(d

[and it wants what it wants what it wants]

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but she's not /b\r/a\v/e\ enough

(and she's not very |t|o|u|g|h)

so she lets him /slip/slide/ away

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and oh, how it hurts

(isn't this how it works?

isn't l o v e a {short-term} thing?)

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no more tears can she ;(-cry-);

she's out of /g/o/o/d/b/y/e/s

!burned! by her {s!a!v!i!o!r!}, the one that betrayed her

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{the boy with the |!firey eyes!|.}

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she w^a^i^t^s and she stalks

tries to turn back the (-ticktock-clock-ticktock-)

to wait for her [l o v e] to return

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[oh, darling come back]

without you she lacks

everything that makes her /{herself}/

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and if he returns

she |swears| that she'll earn

every drop of the l o v e he gives back

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[oh, darling, come home]

you don't have to -...roam...-

i'll c\h\e\r\i\s\h you, be your t/r/u/e/lo/v/e

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[oh, darling, don't leave]

i'll beg and i'll plead

if you say that you're not gone.

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and that you'll be (-/home/-)

and together we'll roam

because you just took the l-...o...-...n...-g... -w...-a...-y...a... r...-o...-u...-n...-d

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and one day he does

and her {!heart's!} full of l o v e

and so the dial, it &t-u-r-n-s&t-u-r-n-s

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turns /o/n/ and /o/n/,

now her story is ..done..,

that of the girl and the boy that she chose

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the boy with the |!f!i!r!e!|

the boy she | desires |

the boy who !&comes&! as quickly as he -/goes/-

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he |||-scars-||| her and leaves her

but returns to /\keep/\ her/\

because she's h|*|i|*|s, and he's h|*|e|*|r|*|s, and this, they know

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[::darling, i'm here:: ]

turn off your ;(t;e;a;r;s);

("never again will I go")

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[::darling, i'm staying::]

(you can stop /praying/)

[cause, see, i just took the long way around.]