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“the earth moved”
the earth moved.
so many silently,
fearing requital more than rejection,
of affection,
they may never comprehend.
bend and withhold from passion,
so unknown,
and fear of her destruction,
shifts focus from my own.
as we turn i have nothing to gift but darkness.
and i do not deserve her prize.
but she questions only herself,
careless trust is misplaced.
i apologize.
we razed a bridge of paper and kindling,
a bridge built to burn to the ground,
treasonously, i let you start across,
before i struck the match.
i wasn’t who she wanted,
and she wasn’t who i,
but we didn’t realize,
and we lived in happiness.
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