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Until Then


Until you really love someone,

you don’t know what you’ll do

 

The old rules self-abated,

priorities renewed

 

Until you really love someone,

you won’t see past yourself

 

Your life upturned, your role reversed

—your soul to someone else

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)

 

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