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forbidden desires (Remove filter)

The Magician

     The Magician 

 

She tried to say 100 times

How She wanted just

 to be near you

 

She stood in the fire

Only to drown

Waiting to be the reflection in your eyes

 

You'll never know

How much you did for her

How just a smile opened her

 

Maybe it wasn't really you

Maybe she just remembered 

Maybe she found her own way back

 

Truthfully it does...

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love   lust   forbidden desires

A Client's Woe

When shadows go into hiding

And dreams run wild

I imagine you all stripped down and bare

All facades shed

Thoughts of me invade your head...

 

Or so I wish, a girl can dream

I miss you, I want you

If only I could scream 

These words out loud 

Remove the shroud

Say them loud

Say them proud...

 

But I mustn't disturb the peace

What is unknown must remain ...

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forbidden desires   life   Longing   mental health   relationships   unrequited love

I want to


I just want you to know I want to.

I can't see you every day.
I can't kiss you while we sway.
I can't hold your hand.
I can't be seen out with you because you're not my man.
I can't get to know you as deep as id like.
I can't let you really know me, you might say goodbye.
I can't sleep next to you in bed.
I can't tell anyone anything we've said. 
I can't tell you what's going on in my...

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secret   romance   fling   forbidden desires

Breathe

I refuse to let you go!... although you are not mine to claim.

Even more so after every stolen moment together.

My soul feels as though it's occupying my body for the first time.

I can feel and hear my laboured breathing while the sweat created from the explosion of passion runs down each temple.

I hear nothing else but that sound...dragging me back to the moments before when you enter...

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forbidden love   forbidden desires   love and romance

Wonderings

I liked the way he looked at me

Like I was the only thing he could see

or that was worth looking at. 

 

I liked the smile he made for me

A tailored face, specifically 

to tell me what he couldn't say. 

 

I liked the things that went unsaid

The message in the nod, the tilt of his head, 

the eye contact held too long. 

 

I liked his arms, skin brushing skin

A s...

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illicit   passion   forbidden love   forbidden desires   Forbidden fruit   love   romance   admiration   crush   the one that got away   possibility   impossible   falling in love   the end   memory   innocent

Breed

I am a whisper rustling through the trees
I am the ripple of a pebble in a stream 
I am the ember of a funeral pyre
I am the guilt of forbidden desire
I am the rumble of distant thunder
I am the elusive winning number
I am the clown with a broken smile
I am the letter at the bottom of the pile
I am the words that will never be spoken
I am the promise that is sure to be broken
I am the wa...

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funeral pyres   forbidden desires   winning number   thunder   broken smile   gutter   demons   breed

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