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vulnerability
love, / the most destructive / vulnerability
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adventure
must we call for adventure when death lingers / a fear casting a shadow over our every action / so you take action to fight the shadows
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the repetition of distrust
Keeping your hands in your pockets won't keep you warm / in the cold air of a winter night / raging against the warmth of a fire and a place to rest your head
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walk two moons
Walk two moons down the same road / Where willows weep and widows moan / And hasty eyes do turn away
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separated
separation / like a curse / carved upon frail arms
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expectations
compared to an old man / with gentle expectations / held in higher contempt
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sight
*Save me from the morning light / I am unwilling to give up the night / For the loss of my dreams
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doll
porcelein face / red painted lips and cheeks / eyes an unnatural blue
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incubus
I am twisting in your grasp / Reaching, recoiling, breathing / Tasting cigarettes and sweat
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wallpaper
I found myself creeping along the wallpaper / Jane intensly studying my movements from a rotting wooden bed / only the walls aren't peeling and stained and yellowish
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