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Look Closer!

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Love lies bleeding
Yelping incessantly 
In its predominantly 
Narcissistic 
Grief

Love
Is
Torturous in its
Truth
Love does not guarantee for-
Ever afters

Comparatively 
Unfailing, it 
Never reveals its true
Tenacity 

 

◄ Moonshadow

Foreboding ►

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Vicki Ayers

Mon 25th Jan 2016 14:00

Thanks Wolfie - I shall aim to 'trust my gut' from now on! x

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Vicki Ayers

Mon 25th Jan 2016 08:16

Hey Wolfie - thanks for your comments - I battled with the idea of letting the reader discover the acrostic themselves & wish I'd stuck to my instinct which was to not guide - I posted it that way on my other page & enjoyed the response when people figured it out! - I'm still learning to trust my instincts! But that's what life is about eh - learning!! Yes the 1st & 3rd verse are a deliberate contradiction as I think 'Love' is contradictory - & the LLC ....... I didn't want it to be 'about' someone - more about the nature of love - but I did have a person in mind who I was referring to. Thanks again for taking the time to comment - much appreciated x

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