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Jun 2020
๐ผ'๐‘š ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›' ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘, ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›' ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’
hold me close, I don't want to feel in love yet alone
a tattered young soul, dressed in sad monochrome

๐ท๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›' ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘”๐‘œ
feeling lost, counting streetlights as the wind blow
perhaps on a midnight search of a heart's afterglow

๐น๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐ผ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐ผ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’
breathing in love as romantic gothics fell on the floor
tired eyes of a restless lover fighting a nonsense war

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ผ'๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค
but all good and worthy things come after a beautiful woe
caressed my wounds and scars, from where flowers grow.

IA
Inspired by the song "Leaning on Myself" // Anna of the North.
Ileana Amara
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Ileana Amara  20/F/soul search
(20/F/soul search)   
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