Day 466: You
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you hurt me, and i hurt you.
we both betrayed
the love we knew.
but all this pain
is evidence
of fighting for
love’s recompense.
we lost.
we strove
to start anew.
but i want my “new”
to be with you.
you,
who slowly
broke my spirit,
who i quickly taught
to loathe and fear it.
you,
whose life and home i shared.
you and i,
divinely paired,
and aching
over time;
these old laugh lines,
more refined.
you,
from whom i’ve hid my face;
you,
who standing,
spurned embrace,
i choose
and choose
and choose again,
you,
my start,
my road,
and end.
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