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I Should Have Expected It

January 5, 2011
By Tazmarie3991 PLATINUM, Branford, Florida
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"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."<br /> — Marilyn Monroe

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I should have expected it.
It shouldn't have come as a surprise.
The bed is so cold beside me.
I remember how it felt to lay by you.
It was so warm.
Warmth in me and around me...
I expected to feel loneliness
when I knew
you would have to leave.
I just didn't expect
to feel this cold.

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