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Dec 2015
can't u<n<d<o what's been done
the gap that once- held- a- heart
is bound to a girl
who. wants. no. part.

in the lov\ing and long\ing
that tears me A. p.   a.    r. T.
cause the mind^might^know^better
but there's-no-convincing the heart

De》spite what's better for me
... to be loved and HeldSoClose
how do I [shadow. ]]]]]]  the memory
of what I wanted,... most ¿

Oh, the irony; how I never
really had. her. at. All
still;,.... left alone spinning
I'm left alone //stalled//

this hopeless ro°man°tic°
keeps playing a game I. can't. win.
time can't e《《《rase her beauty;
OR how she seeped in

It's like beating>my> head>>
against the same spite||ful wall
...but giving-up-is-just-giving-in
By God, the re■so■lute should... win

I couldn't make her keep me
been-on-my-knees for_so _long
~    And now. I. see. the
                the writing on the wall ~~~~
It's the same for you now,...as you/want/me
to love you// you want me to fall

& isn't that such a...s  h  a  m  e
why does it have to be\ that\ way¿
So much loving, and, passion, and, good,
        tossed》 to》the 》winds;

...  lostinthe  ...  would/ should...{if only I}
... Could
TreadingWater
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TreadingWater  CA
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