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Last published Fri, Mar 6, 2015
The pain comes in waves
And I try to push it away
There doesn't seem to be time
For grief in my day to day
But when I am successful
In hiding from my pain
I find that love and hope
Become difficult to attain
So I will embrace the feelings
The anger, guilt and grief
I will allow for love and hope
To give me some relief
-Tanya Lord
Quinn and Lee met as the world crashed and burned around them.
Most stories that begin this way would tell of their epic love story amid their troubles,
about how they overcome their adversity to live happily ever after.
But not this time.
Their story isn't so predictable.
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