she

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she isn't
who you're after,
you like her company,
the difference is the way you look at her,
the way you love her
is not what she wanted
and so you take several steps back,
because the only way is to get her rejected,
you tell her it's fine if she leaves
but she never did,
as you step forward, she comes running to you,
she knew souls needed to be rebuilt,
because when you leave
you have nowhere else to go
so she opens her arms wide for you,
she didn't want you to be shattered, because she knows.

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