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Rules disintegrate between midnight and when dusk hits horizon Ask someone, anyone, to run away with you. I dare you. See if they’ll say no Shrouded with the gentle miasma of sleep just out of reach, a half-step towards the unknown doesn’t seem so risky Only when the sky is swathed in dull orange does logic start to kick in, 70 miles from home with nothing but a broken compass and a fond companion Spit bitter regrets at a nameless former lover The one who scoured every inch of your body and eagerly delved in every crevice of your fragile heart before you even knew the true definition of naiveté Naiveté: (noun) the scared, nostalgic hands that innocently cling to a forgotten yesterday while prodding us towards the blind plunge of tomorrow Declare love to that unrequited forbidden fruit Sleepy vulnerability cracks away at the protective walls we build Besides, what could the ramifications possibly be when come morning, faintness of memory won’t be able to distinguish fantasy from reality? So seize the opportunity; be horribly candid and nakedly honest Feel the transience of the night and relish the fleeting moments that rest between your fingertips.
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Mar 27, 2013
Mar 27, 2013 at 6:36 PM UTC
Ephemerality
Rules disintegrate between midnight and when dusk hits horizon Ask someone, anyone, to run away with you. I dare you. See if they’ll say no Shrouded with the gentle miasma of sleep just out of reach, a half-step towards the unknown doesn’t seem so risky Only when the sky is swathed in dull orange does logic start to kick in, 70 miles from home with nothing but a broken compass and a fond companion Spit bitter regrets at a nameless former lover The one who scoured every inch of your body and eagerly delved in every crevice of your fragile heart before you even knew the true definition of naiveté Naiveté: (noun) the scared, nostalgic hands that innocently cling to a forgotten yesterday while prodding us towards the blind plunge of tomorrow Declare love to that unrequited forbidden fruit Sleepy vulnerability cracks away at the protective walls we build Besides, what could the ramifications possibly be when come morning, faintness of memory won’t be able to distinguish fantasy from reality? So seize the opportunity; be horribly candid and nakedly honest Feel the transience of the night and relish the fleeting moments that rest between your fingertips.
chloe-k
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Mar 27, 2013
Mar 27, 2013 at 6:36 PM UTC
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