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I didn't want to get to that point
Where I wake up and realize
I didn't become content
I became silent
The vault with no dial
a door with no key
swelling up, whispering
"please release me"
Townes Van Zandt
Had electroshock therapy in his youth to deal with depression
A miss prognosis
Cos they just about wrecked him
120 volts is generally the dose
But it looks like they upped it
And so cooked his goose
Memory loss and despair
Followed him the rest o his days
It's really no wonder
His songs are so great.
a wedding kiss —

a promise of forever,

a road to happiness,

eternal bliss.

a wedding kiss —

the line that we would never,

together cross.

forgive me as I steal

this solitary rose

to seal my oath.
Blessed I am to have you here
To touch your apple cheeks dear
To feel the warmth of your true love
And cherish all here, down or above
I am so lucky, to have the lucky charm
Of nuptial beauty, charismatically warm
O love, my love! You are what I'd convert
This world may end, death comes,so what?
Of course, I love you,
as a leaf would love
the branch on which it grows.

Of course, I want you,
as a wing would long for
the air to take flight.

Of course, I await you,
as the earth awaits
for us all...
The poem conveys that love, desire, and waiting are as natural and certain as life. It intertwines human emotions with universal, timeless forces, portraying them as essential to existence. Love is not questioned; it is accepted as a fact, a force as fundamental as nature and mortality.
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