Thank you.
How many years ago was it? Seven? Since I met the person who would change my life forever. Which is to say, who I would fall in love with like nothing else. Plenty of people have changed my life. One of them made an effort to make it better.
Seven years ago. Eight, really. Madness. I was still on drugs and prostitution and my little brother. Roleplaying was just a pleasant reprieve, and a less vivid fantasy than the other things I saw in life. 'That damned vampire' met the purple elf and who could have ever guessed that the two characters would get married? Which makes it impossible to have imagined that, now, I'd be so in love with the person playing her that once again, sober, my fantasies are the only colour in my life when I'm this far away from her.
I realise it's too late, now, to thank you. Once it's been bitched about, it's sort of passé. But I am thankful. For finding me worthy, for taking me in, for loving me like nothing else mattered. For watching over my budding alcoholism and sweeping me clean of all my personal debris night after night after night. For tasting my skin and fucking me blind, and for letting me return the favour. For touching and holding and leaving me alone. For everything that you are and was and will be. Thank you.
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Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away
Do you remember when you loved me
Before the world took you away
Well if you do, then forgive me
And make the world, make it go away
Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away
Now I'm sorry if I hurt you
Let me make it up to you day by day
And if you will please forgive me
And make the world, make it go away
Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away
~Elvis Presley
Seven years ago. Eight, really. Madness. I was still on drugs and prostitution and my little brother. Roleplaying was just a pleasant reprieve, and a less vivid fantasy than the other things I saw in life. 'That damned vampire' met the purple elf and who could have ever guessed that the two characters would get married? Which makes it impossible to have imagined that, now, I'd be so in love with the person playing her that once again, sober, my fantasies are the only colour in my life when I'm this far away from her.
I realise it's too late, now, to thank you. Once it's been bitched about, it's sort of passé. But I am thankful. For finding me worthy, for taking me in, for loving me like nothing else mattered. For watching over my budding alcoholism and sweeping me clean of all my personal debris night after night after night. For tasting my skin and fucking me blind, and for letting me return the favour. For touching and holding and leaving me alone. For everything that you are and was and will be. Thank you.
~
Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away
Do you remember when you loved me
Before the world took you away
Well if you do, then forgive me
And make the world, make it go away
Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away
Now I'm sorry if I hurt you
Let me make it up to you day by day
And if you will please forgive me
And make the world, make it go away
Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away
~Elvis Presley