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Darling, there’s nothing about us that should add up to love so why, why am I standing here with my heart in my hand so desperately hoping you take it?

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There are so many things
I would love to relearn again. So
many things I would love to be.

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I inhaled a breath
the smell of you on my skin
a deadly concoction

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I’m going to tell the world how deeply I feel for you, for I have never been a girl who likes to deal in secrets.

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I’ll wake up early just to make sure you’re up on time and I’ll stay up late just to make sure you got to sleep okay.

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When you are eighteen, you will be with someone, and you will truly think that you love him. You will think he hung the moon and you will think he’s changed for you. But he didn’t, and you don’t.

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If you ever leave me, I will remember the moment I fell in love with you. I will remember the way everything felt like slow motion and warp speed all at once.

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Because I am exhausted from melancholy nostalgia of you and I.

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Because of you, I found a support system. Because of you, I feel lovable.

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You love with a gentleness. This time, you aren’t crossing the street with both eyes shut. This time, you are checking. This time, you are loving without being blind.