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For my first challenge - I would like a break up, a bad break up. One that haunts you or just keeps popping back in your head. Story or poem as you like, but it must convey the message "It wasn't me, it was definitely you" I want to relish in these tales of woe, so please tag me.
For my first challenge - I would like a break up, a bad break up. One that haunts you or just keeps popping back in your head. Story or poem as you like but it must convey the message "It wasn't me, it was definitely you" This will be a Monarchy Judging with 15-350 words max
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OanaTeodora
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Shake off

I’m still here

Desperately scrubbing the walls, the floors

The glasses you placed your lips on

The sheets

The door handles

Of your fingerprints

And taste

And sweat

And violence

I’m still here

10 months deep into a new relationship

And I am still afraid of you

I can’t shake off that closeness

Of my first love

I can’t shake off your punches

And the way you held my hair

When you waited for me

Outside my door

In the middle of the night

Drunk and furious at my new life

I can’t shake off the threats

The screams

The image of you being held by my doorman

While you were shouting how much you hate me

And I could see your body

Physically unable to let me go

I can’t shake off the anger

The disgust

Of having you in my life

I can’t shake off

The idea of you

The idea that I let you get so close to me

I can’t shake off

What’s now left of me post-you

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