The Shrine

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My Broken Heart

You had a shrine for me,
a place where you would
worship my love.

Then one day,
it vanished.

The candles snuffed out
by heartbreak;
photographs discarded
in the recycle bin.

So quickly
your devotion for me
faded
like the sun at dusk
or the blink of an eye.

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