elizabeth-roth
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Comfort In This and Joy In That
There's comfort in this / And joy in that / My lips planted a kiss
21
Oct 17, 2012
Invasion
I tossed and turned all night through / I slept not but dreamt of you. / I was pretty, my hair was messy
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Oct 15, 2012
Inviting, Accepting - Death, Cancer
If death knocks on your door; invite it in. / Don't fight it off; you won't win. / Welcome it as you would welcome your kin.
34
Nov 6, 2012
I Saw You on The Patio, Conor Oberst as Your Background
You've never held me so closely / or as tenderly, dear. / The lies built up inside you
25
Apr 4, 2013
Je vous attends.
C'est comme dit The Smiths, / "If I seem a little strange / That's because I am
14
Jan 14, 2013
Just As Today Was Our First
I love you just as every day was our *first* / also as it could be our *last*. / I love you for present, *future*, and past.
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Oct 23, 2012
Meant Might Be
Is it possible that "meant" might be? / That I need you and you need me? / Maybe you and I
14
Feb 27, 2013
Squeezing the Juice
A flame flickers from its own smoke / as you and I flee and fight eternity / it's not our own, but that of our country.
21
Feb 27, 2013
Sweetness in "Stupidity"
*Defense* is everything / *Heart* is nothing / Leaving each other *never* means loving.
25
Jan 15, 2013
Tomorrow
My sweet man, you don’t have me. / But, baby, you’ve got my memory. / And you’ll always have my love.
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Apr 9, 2013
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