Re-Writes..."Shadows"

"i watch her from around the corner. she is talking to her friends. talking about fashion, hair, girl things. i notice the way her lips mouth every word she says. the way she plays with her hair when she is nervous. and how she shifts from left to right when she is angry. i notice those things. did you? when she was your girl, did you notice every single detail that made her unique? that made her the object of your desire? i know you didn't. because if you had she would still be your girl. you wouldn't have let someone so special slip through your fingers. and now you're alone. and now she's alone. but not for long. because i lay back hidden in the shadows watching, waiting. waiting for the right time to emerge from the darkness and do what you couldn't. say what you wouldn't. be what you weren't."

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