how could you expect them
to simply give you the keys
that they had spent years and years
searching for?
no one is going to hand over
an eternity of
hard work
and anxiety
to someone they've just met.
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PoetryPoetry & very short stories. Some are real, some are fantasies. // #11 in Poetry (February 24th 2016) Cover by the amazing @sighstiles
patience
how could you expect them
to simply give you the keys
that they had spent years and years
searching for?
no one is going to hand over
an eternity of
hard work
and anxiety
to someone they've just met.