23 | TO HURT AND CRY, NOT KILL NOR DIE

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For her, I would have died.
I loved her.
To gift her all my happiness and luck, I would have volunteered to give my last breath.

For him, I would have killed.
I loved him.
Ounces of blood would I have shed if it allowed to cleanse all his pain with only reek of death.

But for you.

For you, I would live.
I love you.
I would smile and laugh. I would sing and dance. I would hurt and cry.
But I would not kill nor would I die.

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