I Have Tried All I Know



I have loved you
and I have hated you
(because I loved you)
I have spoken to you
with you
at you
about you
I have pushed and pulled
smiled and cried
run to you
run away
hidden behind you
from you
with you
I have bought you
spent you
used you
taken you with me
dropped you
left you
hurt you
beat you
killed you
or at least
I tried to

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