In the comfort of my own bed,
I imagine what the comfort of love
Would feel like.

My brain says, "It would be like sweet sleep."
But my heart pounds, "It would be like a daydream."
"It would be like home", both agree.

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Believe me,
after all this that you have gone through,
Life is still worth living.

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"I like your smile more than the stars
And see your face more than your scars..."

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I could write you a quote Maa,
But how can I, when in my words I write myself
And you were the first one who wrote me?

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My fears are not me,
My determination is.

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I trade your smiles
For my heart beats
And call it love.

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The picture of my life looks like a shadow:
The grace of the bleakness my eyes have bestowed on it.

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You would weigh them thrice
And then decide against it.

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My mother's smile.

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He pulled her hair
And she cried.
They didn't say a thing.
"Don't mind, he's only a child."

Ten years later,
He pulled her skirt,
And she cried;
"Crying is a woman thing..."
He remembered, he was taught.
Nobody had taught him,
she's not a "thing".

No one corrected him
In the beginning.

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