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bright lights

street lights bloom in the city.

 

the moon and then unreachable stars,

the moth in danger is drawn to any light,

and trapped in your glow,

we drifted towards whatever would ruin it.

 

i fluttered to the fire, waited at the edge

of ever fall. far away,

i long to be far away from here...

 

 

...the hut was stone

and sat high on the shoulder

of the abyss where the trees

are stunted and shaped by wind,

and this letter i'll never send

is to you, my love.

 

the moth is drawn to any light

when it can't find its direction.

 

how close i came to touching you.

you offering passion as a gift.

 

the quiet kitchen at dawn.

you talking sunlight into a song.

your whispers of love found a home

in my desperate heart, and i told myself,

 

"don't fall yet,

she's still choosing you."

 

but the plot had already been written.

 

a cold draft bled through

the cedar planks of the hut.

 

we loved each other

in a hundred forgotten life times.

 

the stone that falls from the ridge

never makes a sound

and you could ruin a man gently,

the way rain undoes a flame.

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