{"id":13563,"date":"2021-04-03T14:41:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T09:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/?p=13563"},"modified":"2021-04-03T14:41:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T09:11:35","slug":"at-3-oclock-late-napowrimo-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/03\/at-3-oclock-late-napowrimo-3\/","title":{"rendered":"At 3 o’clock late – #NaPoWriMo 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It started years ago.
You talked my ear off.
But you listened just the same.
They’re right when they say,
You should take things slow.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It all went wrong,
When you threw in my face,
The words I had whispered.
To no one but you,
At 3 o’clock late.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was to be blamed,
But not for what you said.
I told you too many truths,
Master manipulator.
Was plastered all over that pretty face.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story of my life,
Guess you didn’t mean,
To make me the villain,
But boys like you I’ve seen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sorry doesn’t make you weak,
Love doesn’t make you mean.
If I had known,
The consequences of that smirky face,
I would’ve just gone to sleep,
At 3 o’clock late.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Tavleen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It started years ago.You talked my ear off.But you listened just the same.They’re right when they say,You should take things slow.<\/p>\n

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