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Betrayal


A swan was she? Yes, she gave her word. But she took it back. It was but slurred.  
No, not that bird. In fact, absurd. She was not feathered, But rather furred.  
Insisting on her own. Leaving when it suited. Give her all your love and care, Her devotion, self-refuted.  
She did not love, She only took, And now she's gone, But remains her hook.  
Her hook, her claws, Her talons, not that. No, not a bird. But a devilish cat.
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Adrian Faye

I cannot be put into words. My heart is the most complex of creatures. My eyes have seen and my lips have tasted, and yet I endure. My heart has been torn to pieces, and still I breathe. In a world of utter confusion, I seek truth. I am constant. My love knows no end, and that is my harmatia. Love knows no game in me, and no one keeps my heart. My life is a piece of art to behold, and my heart a museum of loves. My names are protector, lover, confidant, friend, and home. I am the embodiment of passion. I am ever-loving, all-enduring, self-sacrificing, and forever-patient. I seek solice in one of pure intentions, deliberate heart, and same mind. Can one exist, or am I left alone with my own sophistication on this dying rock, fated to wander until the end of my day? If I must solitarily wander into that good night, I will not go gentle. My friends are Plato, Chopin, Shakespeare, and van Gogh. I am, if nothing else, a hopeless romantic, relentlessly seeking my beloved.

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