Shadows

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Pursed lips, bitter taste. He

Left his shadow in his haste. She

With a rendered heart, wished that she

Had never met him from the start. He

With quick feet, ran, when she

Had finally taken a stand. He 

Never understood how he had been a bane when he

Never woke from his bed upon that dark, wet lane. Yet she

Still felt the tears slip down her face, for them.

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