It's Not Fair

It's not fair

That you can take my breath away

When I am already

Trying not to breathe

How can you know

To d

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my        r       destruction

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Did I whisper for help

In my sleep

Just by dreaming of you?

My Hero

 So

It’s possible

You’re my hero 

And I definitely

Won’t tell you that 

It’s not

My place 

To say

But

You 

Saved me

More 

Than once 

And

I loved you

More

Than I ever

Said 

The Truth that Burns

I

Despise

Dishonesty

Yet

I acknowledge 

Some truths 

Are painful

To release

By holding back

My feelings

Is that a lie by omission?

You

Certainly 

Think so

But our truth

Is painful

It hurts

To remember 

Even

If remembering

Is part

Of the process

Of letting go

Actually 

I think

That makes it

Hurt double

Because 

I don’t 

Want

To let go

I don’t 

Want to remember 

I don’t 

Want

To forget 

And I don’t 

Want

To give up

The secrets

Of my heart

You present me

With candles

Sometimes

Torches

Sometimes

Bonfires

Finally

Asking me

To sit with you

And illuminate 

Our past

Walk hand in hand

And remember

Together

What it was

And I say

It’s a fire hazard

And extinguish

The flame

Mee

The cowardly dragon

Since when

Have I become

Afraid of fire?