Ghost

Theres a girl.

A girl you know.

But now she's just a ghost.

A ghost to you.

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Everywhere you look.

Everything reminds you of her.

A constant reminder of what she used to be.

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She's not that girl anymore. She's not happy go-lucky.

She's an empty shell of her old life.

She was torn apart by this town, by you.

And you just can't forget.

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Forget her smile, which you see so rarely now.

They way she laughed.

How her nosed crinkled when she did.

That's all a memory now.

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She used to be happy.

She used to have fun.

She loved hanging out with people.

What happened to her?

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People happened.

People got to her. She couldn't take it.

Everyone was pulling her in every direction.

She couldn't take the stress.

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The stress of making people happy.

When she couldn't be happy herself.

The stress of trying to do everything at once.

Just the over whelming stress of life.

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You miss that girl.

You long for another chance, to make it better.

But the scary thing is.

That girl is me.