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The Escape Artist
life is a liars game
 not to forget who you are
 but what you're becoming
 and in finding your path
 treading on others
 not knowing how to face
 them when mistakes are made
 beyond forgiveness now
 don't pretend to deal
 most of you is happy
 loving life and him
 but can't just drop
 friendships and disasters
 to run away from f*** ups
 all you do is run
 from point to point looking
 back but never slowing
 wanting to say you're sorry
 but knowing it'll only cause
 a bigger distaster than one
 swift cut
 shattering dear friendship
 to spare yourself
 the embarassment of explaining
 why you're running in the first place
 why you lied and pretended
 a twisted fairy tale while running
 from something else
 but when those fears settled
 the lives you built in the mean time remain
 so you run and run and run
 circles, wishing everything away
 that only he remained that 
 he was all you worried about
 but the world you pulled from
 the remains shadows you like a curse
 and the old days make you wish
 that you'd never run that first time
 so no one would hurt 
 this ghastly cast that flutters
 those you love and care about
 but you run from them
 because you use and destroy
 selfish masks
 when you need
 so leave behind those friends
 you need them oh so much
 you use them to gain and
 bring a smile
 but you only hurt them
 so this is the only way..
 so you focus on him and run from
 the rest of the world
 and are happy.
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