xviii

he knew the storms would never leave her,
she was a vast ocean that buried shipwrecks.

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she knew the storms would never leave her,
how could they?

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he had them too — those hostile storms,
but he was the warmest, calmest refuge of a day she’ll have ever had.
and she’d always bring him the softest rain and the sunshine altogether.

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they knew the storms would never leave,
they knew that things were fleeting too.

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