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Your dumb little ******* amazing ******* smile

Sometimes I wonder—

Tossing, late nights—

Dark hair, dark eyes

Plainer than real

Printed in bold

On the backs of my eyelids—

Is this torture worth,

Are you really worth—

 

No! yells my angry

Heart, tired, worn-down,

Hands thrown up

Like Sisyphus’,

If his rock even was

Too heavy at the start

 

No! And none argues,

Only silence.

 

Next day you’re there—and

Weakly, No! forfeits

My desperate mind,

No! No! No!

My eyes must second

No! No! No!

My palms will to be dry, for

How could you ever be worth—

 

Then I catch you—

Smiling, the way you do

When you, and your sparkly little eyes,

And your mischievous dimples

All agree that nobody is looking—

Then, the question stumbles

Unfinished from my lips

And I don’t ******* care

 

I fall powerless, in love again

Every time you smile

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Written by
walter-louis-holohan
American
Published
May 27, 2012
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