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This or that.
For what it takes,
To make it this way.
Starts with an "I like you too"
Some feeling. but not much.
An uttered phrase with little effort.
But it still takes effort,
And it is the little effort that,
Can mean so much.
For a little effort is all it takes,
To grow to the phrase "I love you too"
Then the happy times are on the way.
But to feel this way,
For so long can take a lot of effort.
The feelings are lost, and it becomes "I hate you too"
Where did the love go in all that?
One becomes two because they no longer have what it takes.
To hate, isn't that a bit too much?
Maybe I loved too much?
We went on our way.
I don't have what it takes,
Or I didn't put forth enough effort,
But through all that,
I uttered the phrase "I miss you too"
When the wounds are healed, I whispered "I forgive you too"
The memories came back it was a bit too much.
You look back and see good in all that.
How you wish to go back to that way.
That is all it takes.
But it is not worth what it takes.
One last goodbye, "take care", "you too"
Just a little effort.
I can't ask for much.
For I will never again, feel that way.
That is that.
That is all it takes.
Don't lose your way. "You too"
It does not take much effort.
