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In consequence of past oblivion

Back when things were darker still,

when the loneliness put me through the tortures of hell,

I emerged from that sickness of the mind

still everso slightly damaged and ill

but as long as one’s happy, who needs to be well,

and to be so takes effort and time.

From days of toil and grief I would come

the back way up the close to my home.

And, while those were such l...

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thwarted love

Love in the f/b era

unheard n invisible, 
condemned w/ no chance to defend,
innards ripped out, 
broken w/out a second thought. 

but none of it matters.
you're worth the pain.

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thwarted lovelovelossfacebook

It's so very touching

 

It's so very touching

the way you taunt

and tease me

with your tightly pursed lips

and your expanding hips

 

It's so touching

 

It's so touching

watching you shave

your fuzzy black hair

that sprouts everywhere

only to come back as stubble

 

It's so touching

 

 

It's so very touching

to see you fill out your top

th...

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thwarted lovelove

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