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  Love?

  

  By thechlo, Harrisburg, PA

  Love is an understatement. It’s more like an obsession, the way I feel when I’m near you, the way I feel when you’re nowhere to be found. If you were mine you’d be my most prized possession. If only you were, then maybe you’d love me too. Then maybe you’d stick around. Infatuation wou...
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  Good Morning Glory

  

  By thechlo, Harrisburg, PA

  And when I saw you, my beautiful companion, I was certain I was witnessing another catastrophe, A simple tragedy In a form so small. When the sun retreated in defeat and night reigned over the world once again I perceived you as good as gone. Your mangled petals appeared wilted, curling in as...
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  Love, Loss, and the Butterfly Effect

  

  By thechlo, Harrisburg, PA

  You were in the hospital. I remember the embarrassment I felt when I had uttered those shameful words: “Maybe she’s better off…” I didn’t even get to finish my sentence before I was scorned, And then I regretted. No, Of course you’d be better off there. But we were all think...