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Willow Bark
Here I am now
Here I stand to say
I'm headed south
I wish I could stay
And, kiss your mouth
The same way
We used to kiss
In a mixture of both lust and love
As we pretended in the latter more with each passing day
What I've got
What I had
It's worth a shot
Getting back
A life before you
A time when I prayed
To shake loose
The longing that paved
The paths of my shoes
And, engraved
Hope deep into my soul
That someday you'd come and not let go
But, we both now know just how quickly things can remain
What I've learned
What I lost
Is now first
And, foremost not
Cause, I still hold your memory
With and without certain caveats
Cause, the goodness remains indelibly
Carved deep as if in willow bark
And, the hurt that you caused me
Is somehow lost in what was carved
