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and so the ocean crashed into the shore,

not waving hello,

but goodbye;

slamming into the rock

shattering every delicate piece

leaving behind an empty stone

too harshly abused,

too afraid to be alone

and then receding,

training off with thin tendrils of curling foam,

dripping and leaking away slowly

until there was left only a dry emptiness.

but the rock still yearned for the sea,

and when it came thundering back

only to leave again,

the shore thought

                'the hurt is better than the emptiness'

my darling,

even to be empty

would be nobler than this. 

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