<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Butler Lantern]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://butlerlanternnewspaper.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[butlerlantern]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://butlerlanternnewspaper.wordpress.com/author/butlerlantern/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Unknown]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Matthew Jackson<br />
Guest Columnist</p>
<p>Hello.<br />
I know we have met before.<br />
But I don’t recognize you.<br />
What happen to that smile you always had?<br />
The kid who would always make everyone happy?<br />
Now you just have tears in your eyes.<br />
You isolate yourself as if you know you’ve changed.<br />
As if you’re ashamed of what you’ve become.<br />
What we have become.<br />
When’s the last time you wrote?<br />
When’s the last time you were proud of yourself?<br />
When was the last time you had a real smile?<br />
You can’t remember.<br />
That’s probably because I can’t either.<br />
Remember that night you attempted suicide?<br />
The night no one knows about but us.<br />
Even though we woke up.<br />
I’m convinced that’s the day we died.<br />
We will never be the same.<br />
Hello.<br />
I know we have met before.<br />
But I don’t recognize you.</p>
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