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Tears


Te

ars

come

 when you

are just so—

overwhelmed with joy or

fear or sadness or disappointment that

somehow has to be expressed because if you

can form it into Coherent Thought it doesn’t Deserve

those precious salty drops that you hide so dearly,

though your lungs burn and you ache to say

everything. But Tears only fall

when Words flee.

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Nothing2Lose

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