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If your feet ever touched the floor, i find the sky would grow unbearably jealous of the earth and -in it’s unfathomable sadness- its tears would drench the land; its wails exclaiming themselves through booming thunder. As if your presence rewrote my entire existence. I fear that time and space no longer matter. Nor fear of death itself. There only exists you. And i. by /u/newtonp01 The first time that I saw you, I was stuck in states of wonder I walked up to you seat and told you that you were a stunner You smiled and gave a napkin and said "you should write your number" So I took it and signed my name.
I picked up every penny, both for luck and fiscal wealth. I’ve not believed in years, but prayed and pleaded for its health. Then she and I talked more – before and then felt quite the same. We even, foolishly, discussed the would-be child’s name. Our lives went on, regardless of this secret that we knew. … * The voicemail that she left, left me in silent disbelief. My optimistic hope had gone, replaced with sorrow, grief. Her heart was fine, but in her there was one heartbeat too few. Our little angel was just that; worse still, I lost not one but two.
He stood falling, flailing, endlessly He'd always been alone He knew what he had said was false His heart had turned to stone. He woke, he saw no helping hands Expecting just as much Tempting, cursing, denying death Refusing any crutch. He stood once more no strength remained His soles and soul succumb His heart of stone lay shattered, still His song a beating drum. " by /u/arseman11 How do you find love, And survive the maze? For love is complex And leads many ways. The maze is full of Circles and dead ends.