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A Most Terrible Thing

There are things you can’t fix

broken broken broken

like hearts on a string.

It’s a terrible thing not to believe in love—

“In love,” What does that even mean

except being in lust hung upon a ring?

I don’t know what I know anymore,

because dreams fall like castles and kings.

The weight of the world rests on the shoulders

of a fragile butterfly flying with fairy wings

who still tries to believe there’s a prince in

blue jeans waiting just around the corner

ready to show her what happily-ever-after

means, because reality is a cold and dark place

to be, where its easy to get lost when lost is

all you can be. Just like that, a light can go out,

a candle burning in your heart snuffed like the

end of a shooting star. The rest of us are so far

gone, so far lost there isn’t anything left but a

long walk home in the dark. So I won’t wish on

cross-my-heart-hope-to-die-you-broke-my-heart-

and-made-me-cry. I’ll only wish on stars who shine

bright where they are on this path of mine. It’s

a long way back to where I started from, and there

are monsters out there awaiting my way a ways from

here. So best be on your guard and take care, because

its the most terrible thing, not believe in love if its there.

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Written by
rachael-p-presley
American
Published
Aug 6, 2012
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