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Timing is a *****

I feel a hundred emotions burning in me,

waiting to erupt like lava from the Earth

while I fight to hold them in.

 

I cannot quite imagine a sorrow

like the one that would drown me

if you were to start a new life like

you say you want to.

 

The idea runs through me,

a venom that threatens my heart.

I’m choking on the thought.

 

I think of this, and then look into your eyes.

What would I do if they told me goodbye?

To truly love someone, is unselfish.

Go if you feel that’s your dream.

 

But I cannot help but wonder

how fast my heart would crumble.

I cannot help but wonder

what those infamous “goodbye” kisses feel like.

A bittersweet taste for the lips.

 

I've heard a kiss can ****

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Mar 31, 2013
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