DUALISTIC
COULD I LOVE YOU?
LET YOU LOVE ME?
COULD I?
YOUR HEART STRINGS
RUSTLE LIKE FALL LEAVES.
THEIR SYMPHONY FOR ME,
ALONE.
LONELY.
I HATE MYSELF,
HATE YOU,
HATE US,
HATE!
WHEN I GAZE INTO YOUR EYES
SEARCHING FOR CLICHE,
MY INK RUNS DRY.
NO SAPPY TEARS TO
CRY.
WHEN WE TOUCH,
YOUR BODY DOES NOT INSPIRE
NOR STIR MY PASSIONS.
AND YOU ALWAYS,
ALWAYS WANT TO
TOUCH.
TOUCH ME.
THE INNER MOST SACRED
SECRET ME.
YOU INSPIRE ME.
YOUR PASSION STIRS ME TO
A ROILING BOIL WITHIN
THE ETHER OF OUR SOULS.
WHEN YOU TALK,
YOUR VOICE DRIPS LIKE MORNING
DEW.
DO YOU KNOW?
KNOW HOW HARD...
HARD IT IS TO LOVE
YOU?
TO LET YOU LOVE
ME?
I LOVE YOUR MIND.
I LOVE YOUR HEART.
I LOVE YOUR DREAMS AND
NIGHTMARES.
NIGHTMARES THAT ECLIPSE ALL
FAIRY AND FAE LITES.
HEAVEN'S UNCOUNTED,
EXTINGUISHED IN THE BLINK OF
DOUBT.
DOUBT.
I DOUBT MYSELF.
I DOUBT YOU.
I DOUBT US.
I AM LOST!
LOST IN A LABYRINTH.
LABYRINTH OF TWISTED
TORMENT. SELF INFLICTED SCARS,
REMINDERS OF
GUILT.
GUILT.
SUCH A TREACHEROUS WORD.
THAT IT COULD BE FOUND GUILTY ITSELF,
CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
DEATH!
AWAITING DEATH.
PRAYING FOR DEATH.
DEATH MUST BE BETTER THAN
SIN.
SIN.
REDEMPTION.
RECONCILIATION.
REVIVED.
SURVIVE.
I CAN SURVIVE!
I CAN'T!
I...
RECANT!
I RECANT!!
I CAN'T REPLY.
I REPLY,
I CAN'T!!!
COULD I LOVE YOU?
LET YOU LOVE ME?
COULD I?
IF ONLY THERE WASN'T THIS
BARRIER.
THIS PALISADE OF BLADES.
THE DESUEATUDE WHERE OUR LOVE RESIDES.
RESIDES, WITH ME ALONE.
ALONE.
LONELY.
COULD I LOVE YOU?
LET YOU LOVE ME?
COULD I?
WHY CAN I NOT LOVE YOU?
I LOVE YOU!
I LOVE YOU!
YOU LOVE ME!
WE CAN'T.
I CAN NOT SHARE OUR
BODY?
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