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concrete doesn't exist without water

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chromeantennae

Published: Nov 19, 2014

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we dream about the nights
where your head is resting
against my chest,
fast asleep
with blankets sprawled,
our legs intertwined
you right hand locked
with my left,
and my right hand
placed on your lower back.
and while i see these things
in my sleep,
i lie awake imagining
the fragile moments too.

not your cliche
standing-in-the-rain
-missing-my-flight
-back-home-fragile,
but when i say something
without thinking and it hits
you in the place where i swore
i’d protect with my life.
when i say something
that means the world to me
and it’s nothing
but a scoff for you.
when someone’s loved one
finally meets meta
and we have to be there
still dealing with the physical.

i think of those moments
far too often
and how we’d handle
them when we’re just strong
enough to be fragile.

simplicity is intentional
and humanism is concrete
until life hits
and it isn’t what you imagined.

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_{simple language conveys the most complicated of emotions sometimes and quite simply, when those fragile moments happen, i trust us more than i've trusted anything. i love you more than words can properly articulate.}