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I Need You More Than Oxygen

I tried too hard for it to all just crumble away,

and slip through my fingers like sand that was bound to wash out of my reach from the start.

It never should have been possible for me to grasp on to something so tightly,

and to feel I needed it more than I needed oxygen itself.

But it should have been even more impossible for it be ripped from my fingers;

the very ones that still tremble at even the thought of your name.

The once clear picture of you in my mind has now gone blank.

It faded at the same pace as my concept of happiness did,

leaving only a empty slate that seems to turn everything it touches to gray.

Just like it did to me, 

and to everyone else that actually bothered to spare me a glance.
Written by Elizabeth_Odly
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