5. i love you

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the world will try to sew together

the definition of love

with words that fall apart

when tested by time,

it will erode,

though,

as it always does,

because isn't love fragile

when held by temporary hands?

doesn't love break easily at the sound

of a siren's call?

and ever so complacent

to the demands of the flesh?

is the love that we've created on

an already troubled land

only troubled further when the sand

crumbles at our feet?

and our manufactured definition

will die and come alive,

and die,

and come alive,

coming alive but

only dying when it

matters the most.

but i found pure love when

i looked at the stars,

and traced the veins on my arms,

and listened silently in the dark,

oh,

we've had our futile attempts 

to distinguish when love begins

and love ends,

but love has always existed,

now,

and even then.

love is the breath

in our lungs,

and with the breath in my lungs,

i say,

i don't know the correct

definition of love,

but i know that i love you

in every way that exists.

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