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I know love because I am in love. Because of how long I’ve loved. Because of the man I love.

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Take me someplace where I can feel something-I want to give away my heart. Tell me his name so I can know love when it speaks to me. Give me someone I can write about.
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Feeling Heart Heart Broken Myself Name Place Writing
And I sighed and wept for what could not be–and for all that could have been.
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Cry Dream Future Myself Sadness
It is the mark of a great poet to write words that feel as though they have stood witness to your most intimate memory of love.
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Greatness Intimate Love Memories Poet Writing Yourself
There are things we sacrifice for love, that we willingly give. But no one who loves you will ever ask you to give up more than you are willing.
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Give Up Love Sacrifice Willing Yourself
But how could I have stopped him from taking what was already his?
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Himself Limitation Stop
He swept in like a tsunami, wave after wave, and I didn’t stand a chance. All those warnings, all the things they tried to prepare me for-lost in an instant-to the enormity of what I felt.
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Deep Feeling Love Preparation Stand Wave
But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
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Finding Happiness Herself Time
We had no ending, no said goodbye. For all my life, I’ll wonder why.
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Ending Life Myself Wonder
Some days it felt like a burden, to smile for you. To keep the lines of worry from etching into your forehead.
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Burden Feeling Smile Worry Yourself
You can create something that is pure genius, but you have to get your timing right.
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Creation Genius Pure Right Timing Yourself
I want you to be happy. I want someone else to know the warmth of your smile, to feel the way I did when I was in your presence.
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Happiness Known Myself Presence Warmth
Some days I feel like my soul is being pulled in one direction and my heart in another.
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Day Direction Feeling Heart Myself Soul
You were none, and now you’re all; your worth will rise, the more I fall.
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Fall Myself Rise Worth
I think there is a sense of ownership in knowing, isn’t there? You let people in, and they claim parts of you-they fly their flag over uncharted territory and from then onward-you cease to belong wholly to yourself.
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Known People Self Love Thinking Whole Yourself
When someone stirs a world of emotion in you and it’s so intense you can barely stand to be with him.
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Emotion Feeling Himself Intense Stand World
It was the year you learned that shooting stars were either a blessing or a curse, depending on what you wanted to believe.
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Believe Blessing Curse Learning Yourself

I know love because I am in love. Because of how long I’ve loved. Because of the man I love.

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