Florence Laldinpuii Chhangte

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To be in love with a second man,
Is not something hard to tame.

You don't fight, you don't hide
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I will write it down,
I have to.
I will say it out loud,
I have to.
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Ignited with hope, I saw her there,
A bliss of solitude across her face.
Her first achievement was her pride,
This gift of opportunity, her guide.
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I miss you
When the nights are long,
I miss you
When I'm awake all alone.
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I love him more than any love song I've heard,
I love him more than the tree loves the bird.

I love him like I love sunrise,
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Silence-
Hearken the song of its violence;
Once a lullaby for these thoughts,
Now a murderer of my sleep.
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As I step into my mother's eye,
Slowly my reflection do I see.
I was the girl she had always longed for,
The one she holds, through thick and thin;
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Longing for love but fearful to fall,
Eagerly waiting for a call;
Hoping for him, she dreamed of romance,
Whence to the rhapsody of love, they'd dance.
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