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what could be
Standing on the edge of what is now and what could be Clinging to the safety of the life we’d leave behind My fingers strain toward you, hoping you will reach for me I wish I had the answers, to the questions in your mind I thank God for my life His guidance brought me [...]
nothing
before there was you, there was nothing no hope that a treasure as precious as you existed anywhere to be found no solace that this world could offer to pick me up when others had beaten me down no love to lift me from despair, when I felt that I may drown before there was [...]
struggle
powerless as i feel the enclosure that surrounds me pulled and torn by gravity gnarled by the passing time into something obscene while i struggle frantically to build it up from within
climbing
when i began climbing this ladder, all i could see was how far down i’d been, how much more there was left to strive for, the exhilaration of feeling lifted, and the notion that all i’d dreamed for, might finally be coming within reach; but i looked down and was paralyzed.
falling
the only difference between the way i feel for you at this moment, and falling hopelessly helplessly in love with you, is time.
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