I carry our silence like a bruise that never faded
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I carry our silence like a bruise that never faded
You were right, I shouldn't have looked you up on social media. I should have let my image of you exist as your sole identity. I wonder how you knew all the right things to say. I wish we had talked a bit more, if that night, you won't had fever, we might had not cut our conversations shor
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I carry our silence like a bruise that never faded
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(funny story 😅) i got this bruise when skating. heres what happened:
so i was at the roller skating rink with my cousin and my sister. well long story short my cousin got hurt and had to take a break (shes ok now she only hurt her palm) so me and my sister were skating together having fun, laughing, and carrying on. well i guess i lost balance and i happened to be a
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