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Chapter 37 - Cuts you deep...

Where do I start?

I can't say,

Because I don't know.

But I can see it all behind your eyes.

The fear you hide.

All the pain you refuse to show.

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And I can't tell you that I understand

Because I know I never will.

How could I?

All that you've been through.

You are fractured,

And you may never heal...

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I look at you and I can see a cocoon.

So beautiful under the moon.

But your heart is deflated

Like a child's balloon.

And your mind is so crowded

So shrouded in gloom.

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But from an outsider's view

I can see that this isn't who

You want to be.

You like the pain because it makes you feel so alive.

You long for tears

Because you'd rather cry

Then bleed.

And I would rather see you climb,

To fly, succeed.

But he...

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Oh, that man you've loved for so many, many years.

The shadow before the dawn.

The captor of all your fears.

My opinion is my own...

But you know how

He makes you feel.

He "loves" you, but he

Cuts you deep...

Reopens wounds before they heal...

I don't think he's given you an example of a love

That was even remotely real...

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But that's just me...

I'm sorry...

I can't apologize for all the bad things he's done to you.

I know it wasn't always bad,

You've spoken of his good side, too.

But maybe,

Just maybe

It's not really him,

It could be you.

No, No, You can not be

To blame for all the shit

He's put you through.

But you...

You can only be the only you

That you are so true to.

And if he can't accept that you

Are you

And show that he's loyal too

Then what can you do?

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When a man turns to cheating

It's not because his heart is cold

Believe me, it's always beating.

It's because who he is with

Is missing something

That he thinks he's needing.

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Love, sex, money, time.

Dedication, drama, clarity of the mind?

A man doesn't cheat just to have sex.

He gives his body to find what's... next

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So, you can only be who you are,

And if he can't see the pain,

The scars

Then he isn't looking very far...

You are a planet,

And he's seeing stars

We've had this talk,

You know what stars are.

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I thought to myself:

"Maybe, just maybe...he is acting this way because you two lost the baby."

But then I realized

That thought was crazy

Because he did his dirty deeds

Before the baby

Before everything became hazy...

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How could he not see the emptiness you carry inside?

How could he not feel the very pain that you so skillfully hide?

How dare he say that he was always there?

That he tried...

What a lie.

I have to apologize because I can only write what I believe is true.

I would never be so cruel.

My words aren't meant to hurt you.

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I don't know how it feels to lose something so dear.

Something so amazing.

Someone you've never met, yet your heart and body hold so near.

And as I write this, I can't help but shed a tear.

I'm here...

But "here" is never near enough

For someone like you,

So very tough.

You've been through so much.

Too much.

Too much.

And the love is now fear,

Every touch is too much...

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The thought of loving again

Is hard for you to imagine.

Those years of loving him

Has turned your heart into a dragon.

And love from someone good

Is enough to make you maddened.

So alone you'd rather be in life,

A thought that leaves me saddened.

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I can see the walls around your heart

Better than you can.

If losing a child

Didn't close your soul,

I know that losing two can.

But I know this darkness isn't permanent,

If I can't break it, you can.

That dream of bearing a child

Could still come true

If you'd open your heart to a true man...

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Who knows what the future holds?...

No one can know.

The future is yet untold.

You'd never know.

Even in the worst of places

A flower could grow.

The rain even touches the desert.

Even the broken can become whole...

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I know that inside you feel so hollow.

And I'm trying my best to follow.

But I'm fighting for tomorrow

Because that shadow before dawn

Is quick to follow.

If I could just borrow

Your sorrow

I'd destroy it.

But would that destroy you?

I know that deep inside

A part of you needs

The pain you're going through...

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I can remember the walls you've built.

I've dreamed of knocking them down...

I've dreamed of healing your heart.

It's possible even with all the pain around.

But would your darkness undo me?

Or could my light be the beam

Of hope that helps you see?

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All of the things you've gone through

Have tied you

To a dark depression.

The pain you hold inside

Is linked to all

The recollections.

And memories are forged

In steel.

Stored away

From your selection.

I hope to replace

Some of the bad

With good

Through our connection...

Your heart is like your home state.

So dark and disconnected.

Let me be

Your energy

Your heart and soul

I'll reconnect it.

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Because the dark isn't the place

For such a radiant lady.

And I know you feel

The change I feel.

Your mind had lightened

A few shades lately.

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You are broken, but not lost.

I'll reach you, no matter the cost.

And even if it costs

All the rest of my spare parts,

I'll convert your rendered heart

From its hardened state

To soft.

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And I can't promise to make your heart or life flawless.

But I know I can save you from the spreading fear,

The call of the lawless.

But in the end, it's all in your hands.

Just keep your faith,

God has a plan.

In the darkness you won't remain,

There is always a lighter place to stand.

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I won't promise that I will save you

But I'll give you love you can relate to.

And in that, I'll elevate

Your dark side

I could sate too.

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In the end,

All I hope is

That you find the light.

And that everything

You need,

You find.

And all the wrongs

Are set to right.

And no matter what happens between us

In the end

You'll still be

My best friend.

No matter how the world

Should see us.

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