Tag: separation

–Read Don’t Tell Yourself You’ll Stay For The Kids now, at Anvi’s Thoughts Caught–

Don’t tell yourself you’ll stay for the kids,
It’ll only make them hate every single day until then,
Don’t tell yourself it is how it is,
It’ll only make you hate what was once true.

(I promise you, I won’t say: Mommy, why can’t Daddy stay?
I wish I could tell you: Maybe the day we move out should be today.)

I dream at night, how different it would be,
Would we still see each other’s families?
What would your parents say? What would my sister do?
Would they pity me for you leaving? Even when I pity you.

(Sometimes I think to myself: God, just get separated already!
It’s clear, even to me, that this lie that’s your life, isn’t steady.)

I wonder how our daughter would react,
If I told her we should go out and see the world,
Have we not moved on? Have we moved beyond? Have we yet moved out?
Do you think she knows who’s pulling the strings? Do you think she still has doubts?

(My mother thinks I don’t know; but I’m falling down; that I’m playing dumb,
The truth of the matter is, I don’t want to see the world, ‘cause I’m still feeling numb.)

I think it’s time to leave, yes, darling, let’s flee,
He doesn’t care a damn; what I do with my tomorrows,
Maybe I could be Scarlett, and she, Kat; Maybe I could be Lorelai, and she, Rory,
I know this is hurting her, and she’s feeling tired – but maybe we could together get over sorrows.

ANVI TUTEJA

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Peace No Longer Far Apart’s release date is Friday, 16.12.2022
Read more from VALIDATION at Anvi’s Thoughts Caught.

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– Evly, The Evil Queen (Reputation)
– Daedalus (Reflection, Incandescence)
– Despair (Rebellion, Incandescence)
– Broken (Emotion, Incandescence)
– Falling (Validation)
– insanity (Astronomy I)