(2013)
Dedicated to Nate Dietrich.
Lighting the matches Sneaky arson at midnight Watching houses burn. The loudest silence No one talks, or even moves
You told me I was scared of the fire, I chose to walk through it,
She’s alone, none of her friends k… She cries tears of blood when she’… She hides her feelings, sometimes… And she keeps it in when she’s mad… No one else knows what she’s been…
You said I’m funny like that, but I know it’s not true, You’re only saying that so I’ll laugh,
They say you can’t fight fire with… but I would. Because my flame would rise higher than yours could. Because you would be damned, conde…
Looking at that picture in my yearbook, the one of us, from January, in the science lab,
Making it hurt, making it bleed, until I feel nothing at all. I just want
I am Amanda Laughman. I’m in band and orchestra. My favorite subject is social stud… My favorite color is yellow. I love jewelry and nail polish.
Wyatt, I did so many things so you’d noti… I wore clothes I didn’t like, stuff I wouldn’t wear otherwise, but you still never looked over,
I wish I’d been there when you ne… I’m not with you now, but I shoul… You thought I was the one you wan… But I ran away because I was haun… You said I was beautiful, I didn’…
They said, broken wings, shattered dreams, fractured heart. I said,
If only I’d known when I met you, that I would have fallen in love then. If only I’d known
He’s laying, on the floor, next to him is an empty bottle of whiskey,
Tonight I thought about you The way your face would shine. You used to always tell me That you would forever be mine. But all that changed, late one nig…
Didn’t think I needed you, didn’t think I deserved this, didn’t want this to happen, what am I to do? You didn’t think about this,