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Jessy Esterline, United States Air Force<\/em><\/p>\n

I<\/span> took a trip to find you in the pages resting beneath a memory of long ago.<\/p>\n

When our skin was soft and our hearts were mercury. Keeping secrets, kidding ourselves.<\/p>\n

We played with the elements until, Fire. The ants between the concrete and a looking glass.<\/p>\n

Our love was not built to last.<\/p>\n

Back then, I was addicted to the scent of your hair. The way it tussled in your sleep.<\/p>\n

But I hated the way you spoke, that little bit of grit hidden behind your sweet.<\/p>\n

Your mind a trap, but \u201cme\u201d it couldn\u2019t keep. Infidelities fueled by my own insecurities<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t let you love me.<\/p>\n

What we took. The way we shook love down. It should have been over then.<\/p>\n

Of all the useless ways I loved you, I never imagined what I\u2019d gain,<\/p>\n

How you follow me still. In a lyric or stroke of a pen.<\/p>\n

Through the phone lines a thousand miles over and over again,<\/p>\n

You\u2019re my muse that won\u2019t give. My limbs the frame for your canvas to fit<\/p>\n

If ever you need to rid of your grit, just remember.<\/p>\n

Remember what it took to get this far. Remember we are better than we were.<\/p>\n

My soul is forever changed in a melody; in the memory of how you came.<\/p>\n

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\"JessyUSAF, veteran, singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Eastern NC, I have always had a love of country and a creative spirit. I was classically trained in piano from the age of 7 and started teaching myself to play guitar during a deployment in 2008. Music and writing have always been my safe place. I learned after returning home from that deployment that I could use it as a tool to cope and to heal. I started playing more seriously in 2013 at open mics and eventually started booking my own shows. I’ve been writing and sharing songs\/music all over Eastern NC for the last six years. My time in the military gave me so many great experiences to pull from in life, and I hope to help other veterans and people find solace in\/through music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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