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surrounding silencein that pounding rush, / that blinding flash, / you hushed the world
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perennial penancebecause 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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engulfedi 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 desirethe sound is tangible, / thick in the air / pressing into every open space
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crucial bubblei 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 failureexhaustion in the creases of my collar / fatigue in my carelessly tied shoes / sleeplessness in slowed speech
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undeservingit 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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polarityi 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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requisiteyou are required / to exist within the strictures of reason / and think in lines and squares
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spellboundworn, 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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