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“What is love?” A question that swirled around my brain for hours. 
 Love was just a fancy word for meaning “getting ****** over”…
 Until I met you.
 When I would love, it was never sober.
 I didn’t know when to put the bottle down, to say enough was enough…
 Until I met you.
 When my lover went down on me, 
 My ******* were bluff…
 Until I met you.
 If someone ever asked about my lover,
 I would freeze up and say, “ask him for yourself?”…
 Until I met you.
 Making love was always a chore,
 So boring and unsatisfactory…
 Until I met you.
 How was I ever going to get out of this never ending loop-hole called “love”? 
 It was the moment I caught your eyes gazing at me from across the seats of that smelly, old bus. It was the moment when your words became my favorite song. 
 It was the moment I couldn’t stop staring at how blue and beautiful your eyes were.
 It was the moment I wanted to say “I love you”, but couldn’t…
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Mar 24, 2016
Mar 24, 2016 at 4:01 PM UTC
Strange Love
“What is love?” A question that swirled around my brain for hours. 
 Love was just a fancy word for meaning “getting ****** over”…
 Until I met you.
 When I would love, it was never sober.
 I didn’t know when to put the bottle down, to say enough was enough…
 Until I met you.
 When my lover went down on me, 
 My ******* were bluff…
 Until I met you.
 If someone ever asked about my lover,
 I would freeze up and say, “ask him for yourself?”…
 Until I met you.
 Making love was always a chore,
 So boring and unsatisfactory…
 Until I met you.
 How was I ever going to get out of this never ending loop-hole called “love”? 
 It was the moment I caught your eyes gazing at me from across the seats of that smelly, old bus. It was the moment when your words became my favorite song. 
 It was the moment I couldn’t stop staring at how blue and beautiful your eyes were.
 It was the moment I wanted to say “I love you”, but couldn’t…
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Mar 24, 2016
Mar 24, 2016 at 4:01 PM UTC
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