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surrounding silence
in that pounding rush, / that blinding flash, / you hushed the world
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perennial penance
because as much as this emptiness wounds me, / i see the scars this silence has wrought upon your heart / and i am ashamed of my complicity in their creation
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engulfed
i know this heartache is self inflicted. / this ache in my chest would not exist / if i did not feed it fairy tales of forever in your eyes.
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limelight desire
the sound is tangible, / thick in the air / pressing into every open space
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crucial bubble
i want to know what it’s like to dance with you. / to move as one / allowing the music draw us closer
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heart failure
exhaustion in the creases of my collar / fatigue in my carelessly tied shoes / sleeplessness in slowed speech
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undeserving
it wasn’t supposed to be like this, love. / captivated from the moment i first saw you / i wanted only to show you things you’ve never seen before
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polarity
i am fashioned from the hearts that have touched my own / built from the briars of broken promises and dreams deferred / a sum of the wisdom of wending witticisms of those who have come before
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requisite
you are required / to exist within the strictures of reason / and think in lines and squares
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spellbound
worn, well loved pages of books yearn for her touch / and the words themselves long for her tender gaze . / tea cups count the seconds until her lips are pressed to them
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