And I yearn,

for you, as lightning sets my heart on fire.

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And I yearn for your smile—

wishing it were mine.

And I yearn for your eyes—

to look at me, only once;

as though the world had

frozen the moment your

gaze drifted over mine.

Yet some unseen veil never

let us become one.

And I yearn for your musk—

like an addict

yearning for the drug

that ruined her capacity to love anyone

But it.

And I yearn, yearn, yearn—

My dear, terribly;

for you

like a lover

shot through the head,

yet still crawling

only to die

within your arms.

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