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The simple differences

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Whilst my lot had pillaged and scarred,  

Her lot held fortunes, the gilded guard.  

Could love like ours ever find its place,  

When worlds collide in a tender embrace?  

 

The thief and the rose, a tale retold,  

Beauty and the beast, both brave and bold.  

Cinderella and her midnight thief,  

Bound by a love that defied belief.  

 

A pauper's hand in a princess's clasp,  

Whispered vows that the heavens grasp.  

A stable hand and the king's own heir,  

A union forbidden, yet beyond compare.  

 

Ours, a love not designed for this realm,  

Navigating storms without a helm.  

Under the spell of a fractured star,  

Dreaming of futures beyond the scar.  

 

Romeo & Juliet, their passion’s crest,  

A love they fought but could not suppress.  

Montague and Capulet, shadows deep,  

Still whisper of us as they stir from sleep.  

 

Bound by love, we rewrite fate’s decree,  

A tale eternal, for the world to see.

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