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In her eyes you see the forgiveness, you refuse to give yourself That makes you angry, because who is she to forgive you for things you’ve done to yourself It scares you, because it makes you aware that you could tear her apart the same way, and she’d have the same look in her eyes It warms you in a way that you can’t acclimate to, after adjusting to years of the cold It makes you think she must be so deeply flawed, to dignify you and all of yours It has you thinking in a way that is new to you, for once your desires aren’t the force that drives you You would lose the acceptance you’ve been craving, to save her from someone who can’t accept themself You don’t even realize this self-sacrificial heart you’ve grown proves that this is what you deserve So you give her up, and you can only hope that one day she’ll be happy But what you never saw in her eyes, is that with you she already was
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Dec 3, 2018
Dec 3, 2018 at 7:08 PM UTC
The heart of sacrifice
In her eyes you see the forgiveness, you refuse to give yourself That makes you angry, because who is she to forgive you for things you’ve done to yourself It scares you, because it makes you aware that you could tear her apart the same way, and she’d have the same look in her eyes It warms you in a way that you can’t acclimate to, after adjusting to years of the cold It makes you think she must be so deeply flawed, to dignify you and all of yours It has you thinking in a way that is new to you, for once your desires aren’t the force that drives you You would lose the acceptance you’ve been craving, to save her from someone who can’t accept themself You don’t even realize this self-sacrificial heart you’ve grown proves that this is what you deserve So you give her up, and you can only hope that one day she’ll be happy But what you never saw in her eyes, is that with you she already was
sarabella-adler
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Dec 3, 2018
Dec 3, 2018 at 7:08 PM UTC
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