anchors

of all life's tests, you're the one I failed,

my room still smells like your favorite flowers,

please don't tell me our ship has sailed

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my forsaken heart, I'll leave it jailed,

the sun can hide, I deserve the showers,

for all of life's tests, you're the one I failed.

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wrote a thousand letters I never mailed,

their ink would prove you fill my hours,

please don't tell me our ship has sailed.

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perhaps for you, this love has staled,

a grape not savored usually sours,

for all of life's tests, you're the one I failed.

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of all the words the dust has veiled,

I hope I love you still holds its powers,

please don't tell me our ship has sailed.

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the heavens know the grief I've wailed,

to lose a love as rare as ours,

of all life's tests, you're the one I failed,

please don't tell me our ship has sailed.