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Betray me forever
But not my love ever!
You know what I wish
But forget it with a flattering kiss!
Measure me with the illusion of sameness
And consider everything else with profaneness!
Choke my faith, and strangle my belief
Ruefully return in my life to bring no relief!
Torture my soul with persistent pangs of separation
I’m guilty of the sin of my disposition!
Crush my heart but do not compel me to brush my conscience aside
Break the vows, and let the luminescence of the love fade far and wide!
Meet me in contempt and make me vulnerable
Leave me alone in agony and let me be miserable!
Struck by the gloss and glitter of the city
Should I bracket the values of beauty?
I do suspect the moon is at full glory
I've already documented this city in my memory!
Beauty forges form but lacking a purpose gay
Quite unsubstantial, and tangible only in a deceptive way!
Should I refute myself and stay mute, is fair?
Make the silent witnesses of what drives me to despair!
With powerful imagination, no one is stirred
Words collapse with the crowd, and the sacred urge is no more heard!
Through the piercing silence of the night, love grows and turns
Vaunting the impossibility, and exulting at how quickly it burns!
Love has become the leaflet of ephemerality
Revelled in a penny romance of visceral contemporaneity!
Love is absent as we learn
Still no charity she did earn!
The leaden heart of a forlorn poet is greeted with gale
Whatever he looks at; they all look dishevelled and pale!
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beautiful
Painful but loving!!