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HATE HEALS

Surprises come everyday

some small

some large

Then there was you

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I tripped

and dropped 

you on your head

I tried to pick you up

but didn't know how

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To this day you hate me

To this day I let you

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Because I  am old

and wiser

I realize

Sometimes hate heals

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You need it to make 

your world right

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So I sit here tonight

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WORDS

Where were the words

why couldn't we talk

So much I wanted to say 

but the words got caught in my throat

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Why did the magnet push us apart

when there were words to say

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Could it be different at a different time

was it just the timing

I don't know

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So awkward 

So off beat

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We couldn't get the timing 

of the dance

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Yet the magnet d...

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