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The Difference Between Crows and Ravens

from A Ghost in the Photograph by This Glass Embrace

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I would stand in the cold for hours, just waiting, on the off-chance you'd bother to tear your attention from those ever-so-interesting friends and acquaintances and notice the one that you claimed to love. I would stay up past midnight with my eyes on the phone, waiting for that call you promised over and over. And when the phone never rang and that call never came, I knew better than to wait for an apology.

So why is it that all I remember are the days that were perfect? The nights that we spent holding hands to keep warm as we walked? It's the glint of the soft summer sun reflected in your eyes. It's your voice and your face and your presence that haunt my dreams now.

How many “I-love-yous” of mine went unanswered? I stopped keeping score of my myriad failures so long ago that it's hard to tell. But don't think I've forgotten the way that it felt. You were always the best at maintaining your silence, just keeping me guessing, with infinite patience until the hum of the phone swelled to a nightmarish buzz and I'd finally speak just to hear someone talk.

It’s a pitiful admission, but the truth is fairly plain. I detest you so completely, but love you just the same. It’s a standard situation; we’re just playing out our parts: the pseudo-star-crossed lovers, with their scripted broken hearts.

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from A Ghost in the Photograph, released March 27, 2008

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