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  • May 3, 2020
  • 1 min read

Abandoning my life Unfeeling in my flight I ran away from love And you I reveled in the new Remade myself anew Thought I was not alike To you But though I travelled far Spent years as far apart As possibly I could From you Despite the hurt and harm The raging and the charm I cannot break the link With you The years slough off the layers Of artless masks and airs Until I see myself Like you Gravity does its thing I slip into your skin And Time recasts me into You

 
 
 

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