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brokenfragilethings

Published: Aug 1, 2014

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‘ achilles wasn't the only one with a weakness, ‘ and you said, maybe i'm a crook for stealing the voice from your lungs, but you are the fool who let me get away with it, as if i were supposed to know that love was only ever effervescence disguised as something beautiful, that i would dissipate into seafoam; penance for my sin. ‘ press your fingers to my heart, and i'll go down, too. ‘

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naturalbornkiller198

Mar 17, 2017

Love is real and its very real for me toward you, dont lay your superficial only when theres sunshine and rfainbows bullshit on love itself, its what you have done your whole life, you run from a problem instead of fixing it, why cause you didnt care enough to fix it, well let me tell you marriage is like a house , when a lightbulb goes out you dont just sell the house and buy a new one, you change the lightbulb, the fact that you would call us having a conversation for the first time since november Idle pratter, well that sdays a lot too, you are in a living hell that you put yourself into0, but still dont love me but i love you will my all, and i could care less what anyone says about me,

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