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Confliction

Balancing midst them both, two lives at once.

Split down the middle and torn at the seams.

Tiptoe the balance beam, pleasing the ones

who know only one side of things.

 

Confliction, a way of life down to the core.

From every angle, two people ‘twould seem.

Not yet discovered a way to be more,

so both lives are not but a dream.

 

Illusions, acts on stage, fulfillin...

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torndouble lifetrying to please

We Run Like Water

I'm a reptile

But I'm warmer 

When I'm with you

You stir something in me

Like I'm always on the edge of something

There’s a chemical reaction between us

It makes me feel like static energy 

Could we really be the result of chance?

Can chance pull like a magnet?

Or is this kismet?

Because

It runs fast, long, rife

It is our double life

We share a secret world t...

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