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Acid rain

So many people asked me how I could love such a man. How I could love such a selfish, childish man. And why I kept going back to him. Oh, why did I keep going back. For the longest time, I couldn’t give them an answer, for I had no words. Nothing but pain surfaced when I was asked such questions. Because I loved him, with all of me. 

Then one day, I finally found the words to describe him..and ...

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do you follow?

Write me something beautiful

without a single sheet of paper

or the use of a pen.

I want the ink to spill

from your tongue,

as your lips against mine

become the words,

and the fluidity in your hands

create the puncuation.

Our breath will decide the direction,

as our kisses slowly

turn into paragraphs,

allowing the movement

of our bodies

to create the chapt...

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I miss you so..

 

Author unknown; posting this here because I found it to be so very beautiful. 

~~I’m an old grey cat letting life slip by,
 Nothing disturbs as I twitch and sigh,
 My silken fur is grizzled and dank,
 My sturdy frame is frail and lank,
 It’s a shadow world as my eyesight dims,
 A bony old cat with creaking limbs,
 But my heart beats strong with a faithful thud
 And I have to say tha...

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But, I do love you..

Some people are meant to fall in love with each other, but not meant to be together. Yes, it's true- and it happens. You may even find yourself loving two, or more souls at once. I love you. I always have. Being in love with you when I am in love with someone else is not easy on the soul. But, I do love you, and you know that. & I think you love me, too. I feel like we've always been saving a plac...

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