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Blueskye27

Published: Sep 24, 2009

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Literature Text

she never understood
his restless heart,
only that
she loved him

(had she known
when he left
to leave the doors
unlocked

he would have
always

returned)

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A small edit thanks to my friend =AlecBell. Thanks, Alec.

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DrIgnacious

Jun 18, 2010

Wow! This has some power to it. Good job

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