Rewriting The Ending

In the past

I focused on the pain

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Now looking back

I will appreciate the love

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The love I gave without regret

The love I felt from him

although he ran from it

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I'll always remember

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The way he reappeared in my life

when I needed a friend the most

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The way our conversations

branched like a tree

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The way he led me

through the mountains

to the waters

of a newfound paradise

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The way we spent the evening

under the stars

bathing in intimacy

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The way he kissed me

under the full moon passionately

wrapping his leg around me

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The way our telepathy danced

from the moment we came into unity

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The way we were listening

to the same album

the first night we spent together

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The way we shared music

that speaks beyond words

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The way we laughed together

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The way I held him

Like the crescent moon

cradles the night sky

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The way my back felt secure

pressed against his

when we sat on his front lawn

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The way I supported him

when he had something difficult to confront

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The way he helped me see through myself

The way his eyes reflected my younger self

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The way he prayed for me

when I was in need

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The way he looked at me

with love in his eyes

although he wouldn't speak it

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The way he shared his poetry

in a book roughly bound

with a refined note inscribed on the inside

appreciating our connection and my open mind

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It was the love that urged me to stay

It is the love that will allow me to fall away