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winding down

Real love is too realistic to bear a name: true, enduring, forever.

Romance is not romantic, for love letters are dull to read, and flowers wilt, and butterflies cease to flutter.

 

*Love, you'll never be further away than when you are lying next to me.

When I can hear your heartbeat, and know there is no guarantee that another night will pass in your arms.*

 

I lie to myself to keep the pieces aligned.

 

And miles from where you are, I lie in bed, sleepless, unsettled.

Solitude: my closest friend, my last resort, my life support.

When you, my legs-my love, are not there to support me.

 

For foundations settle, walls crack, paint chips.

And fires will consume what the winds leave standing.

 

I wish I could have stood with you.

Planted deeper our roots.

Made a one from a two.

 

 

 

 

But fairytales don't always come from “dreams come true.”

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km-jones
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May 14, 2012
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