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You know, I would like to call this a poem

But really all it feels like is bleeding.

Like the flood that pumped through me is,

Wasted.

And trust me,

That hurts.

When I think of all,

I can't help but cringe.

Because somewhere in the between I lost the pieces of my puzzle,

That I was really looking for.

And that the love that I etched so carefully

Into the lines of your face

Ticked backwards, like a forgotten clock,

At his mention.

For you, I connected constellations in your freckles,

As though there was some kind of system of finding my

Way in this labyrinth that I know so well.

I found oceans of depth in those eyes,

That promised me salvation in happiness

That promised love in loss.

Although I have learned,

That when you explore too deep

It is easy to become lost.

The bleeding isn't a pattern,

There is no rhyme to this reason,

Only treason and tragedy.

So excuse the torrent,

Because I've already drowned in the flood.

Remember when flowers grew in the garden?

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