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I feel as though a dam within
me's burst And yet the water's solid and won't flow. I cannot bear to touch you, even though I lie beside you praying for the worst. Everything I've cherished now is cursed By what I know and what I still don't know. I'm shut, and neither can nor cannot go. I need to gather up my furies first. My love for you lies murdered and unmoved, Waiting for a wound that will not bleed. We stay together for the children, yet It seems a thousand years since we once loved, And you were still a treasure and a need, And I a fool whom fate would not forget. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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