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Love isn’t the lock that secures a door shut It’s the master key that you place under the rug In its greatest form love carries with it no expectation Just a silent taxation for mutual respect For without it there can be no basis to connect Love is the antithesis of resistance It doesn’t dress up trauma and call it tradition Love is active because its too busy living Not remembering what others wrote about 'their’ lived experience Love let’s go of sorrow It eases down the ‘hard knock’ road seeking no one else to follow Instead of prioritizing what you dealt with in the past Why not focus on the hope you have for tomorrow? Love doesn’t merely give of its presence It lives in the present Because it knows the difference between a debt paid and eternal inheritance
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May 22
May 22, 2026 at 10:27 AM UTC
The Key
Love isn’t the lock that secures a door shut It’s the master key that you place under the rug In its greatest form love carries with it no expectation Just a silent taxation for mutual respect For without it there can be no basis to connect Love is the antithesis of resistance It doesn’t dress up trauma and call it tradition Love is active because its too busy living Not remembering what others wrote about 'their’ lived experience Love let’s go of sorrow It eases down the ‘hard knock’ road seeking no one else to follow Instead of prioritizing what you dealt with in the past Why not focus on the hope you have for tomorrow? Love doesn’t merely give of its presence It lives in the present Because it knows the difference between a debt paid and eternal inheritance
Kingty
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May 22
May 22, 2026 at 10:27 AM UTC
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