#Now that we don’t talk 🙂

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cunning glade
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Now that we don’t talk
I don’t twist or shrink or bend
Don’t play your part or just pretend
I shaved my head, I set the trend
I won’t perform or make amends
I don’t obey, I won’t defend
I’m not your friend
That chapter had to end

Now that we don’t talk
I don’t act the way I should
I’m not the ghost you thought you could
Control with charm or half a grin
You changed your voice, your name, your skin
You hop from place to place to seem refined
Well spoken, dressed up, smartly timed
But still, you’re constipated in the mind

Now that we don’t talk
I see the cracks inside your show
Your accents slip, your stories slow
You post your grief in cloudy clips
With plastic friends and filtered scripts
The cake you baked to mark your day
I saw the hollow in each tray

Why do you jump from flag to flag
Like culture’s just a trend to drag
You play the part but miss the plot
A mimic caught without a dot
And yeah, the rhymes don’t always land
But read between , you’ll understand
Here’s your pence, go buy some truth
Your fiction died in late stage youth

Now that we don’t talk
I see it clear, no smoke, no screen
I played the fool behind the scene
Rooftops, basements, after school
You broke the rules, I kept the cool
But I stayed standing, watched you fold
Watched you trade your soul for gold

Now that we don’t talk
You dress up pity, mask with pride
A wolf in fleece, dead eyed inside
You post your thoughts to spin your sins
But I remember everything

And though I stayed the quiet one
The kind, the soft, the gentle son
Don’t think I didn’t clock the signs
I saw the shift, I read the lines
And now I see you stage your fall
Just loud enough to dodge it all
You were cruel
And I was there
And silence doesn’t make it fair

So now that we don’t talk
I breathe, walk, burn, and build
You’re not a king, not even skilled
You’re just a kid who faked the sting
Who sold the ache for glittered things
And I’m the one who caught the rot
So call it gold or maybe not
I got the plot

This was inspired by a song with the same title
Hence the reputation
It inspired to use the phrase as an anchor

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cunning glade
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@wind vale

clear light
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A wolf in fleece dead eyed inside

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THIS ISSSS

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This is my fav so far from you I LOVE IT

violet obsidian
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Intense

hoary forge
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beautiful poem but why does this have the free verse tag-

cunning glade
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@red sentinel

frosty rover
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i LOVE the flow in this one, it makes it so easy and nice to read

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it's also very relatable, i know you probably wrote it specific to your own experiences, but i really saw myself in it as well