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CRYING FOR NOTHING

By alp

Mon, 13 Sep 2004
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You taught me how to cry,

For the absence of your care.

You taught me how to yearn,

For the love that wasn't there.



You taught me how to ache,

For the warmth I wouldn't feel.

It doesn't matter now;

Time has taught me how to heal.

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