Maybe this isn’t fair 

Maybe it wasn’t worth it 

Love is rare 

Love was perfect 

Days are long 

Days spent searching 

She sings her song

She prayed for certain 

Truth be told 

Truth was lacking

Today is different 

Today was lonely 

Tomorrow will be painful 

Tomorrow is uncertain 

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Picking at my scabs 

Trying to satisfy the itch 

Scrubbing at the surface 

Resurrecting what lies below 

Flashes of her beauty

The memories unfairly buried

Once captured and placed 

Somethings you can’t erase

the Barking and the snores

Welcome homes and good nights

Torment with every scratch 

A story for every bandage 

The sutures are so rugged 

My fingertips...

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Is it safe

...do I wait 

to clear my plate 

 preserve whats left with faith 

Pass the basket to the side 

Empty hearts opened wide 

Fill with promise, Take the lies 

Close the top, Kiss the lid

Time has come, Bury deep 

 Dry your eyes, children weep

Some may sing, silence the cries 

Clear the room

Stomachs full, stories told 

Remember when’s are never old 

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My sadness can be kind. 

My heart can be opened. 

My clock can rewind. 

My scars can be softened. 

Her love was divine. 

Her words softly spoken. 

Her pain is not mine.

Her trust was quickly broken.

This was not the design.

This didn’t have to happen.

This ache lives near my spine.

This healing required fast action 

If I wasn’t all so inclined 

If I behaved i...

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