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Scarlet pages bleed,

Melting into golden petals.

Beautiful words

Given time and pain

Will hurt all over again.


"I love you,"

You'll say in the moment,

Forgetting it the next day.

Playing with feelings,

It's all just a game,

Nothing but a memory

Enriched with no name.


You speak words,

No meaning behind them,

Senseless,

Pathetically useless.

What do you gain

From broken trust?


Lies,

It's all you've ever known.

Nothing but a pretty disguise,

Would you like a crown to match?

Sit on your golden throne,

While you leave me all alone.

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