L&C

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Strings

We say nothing of the strings

That tie you to me

Nothing of the safety rope

And when you go, I go.

You think i’m so full of words

That they spill out

You’re not wrong but you see

Words only mean what you want them to mean.

- L

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Sail

I'm here to journey through these unforgiving waters. Ready to battle the mighty waves, To rage across the blinding storms. To go on even when the tide is against me, Even when the wild winds tear right through my battered sails. To drown a million times and set course again. In the hopes that one day, I'll wash onto your shores And say that I've finally found home. —C

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We were sitting on the cold kitchen floor Your head on my shoulder My heart in my throat. And even though words won't carry me through the world, Oh, lord knows I heard it all before I guess I don't need that any more.

— L

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Space II

The spark in his eyes lit up her day.

He saw something more beautiful than the stars in her eyes.

He was her Sun.

He rid her of pain and sadness and helped her begin afresh.

She was his Moon.

She overpowered even his darkest nightmares with her glistening sliver rays.

In each other, they lost and found themselves.

They needed no one else.

Their love was a whole universe.

—C.

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The Sun and I

The sun and I rode the heavens every day

She burned kisses into my skin —

Turning it brown everywhere 

But a shape on my left second finger,

Sort of like a ring.

She showered me in light;

My heart bursting,

Hurtling through the sky.

Her rainbows were monsoon gifts:

Each as beautiful as the last.

Each as colorful as her laugh.

And each, in her glory sweet,

Built for me and my love.

— L.

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Fling

They said it didn't mean a thing It was just another old fling. But the look in your eyes Oh, your beautiful lies. The way you hold me And the days you kiss me. I thought these feelings were temporary. But your every touch sang me a different story. I know it's been few months only, But it gets too lonely. So just stay by my side, Let go of time and the tide. Don't keep drifting apart, take all over my heart. Because it's more than a fling. No it's not just some old thing. —C

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Alone

Somehow

Some of the best things that happen to people

Are people.

And in some ways that was you for me —

In far more ways than we know.

Someday we’ll look back on this,

Some of our best days,

And we’ll know in our hearts

That the people that love us never truly leave us.

And once we know we’re loved,

We’re never alone again.

— L 

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Flight

I leave my body:

the prison that held me back too long.

I’m lowered into a coffin which turn into wings.

I’m off for a higher flight.

Close my eyes and hope I wake up in the pure white where dreams come true.

Not the crimson pit where the nightmares play.

But the golden castle in the skies above.

Finally free like the sunlight and the spring breeze.

The lonely moonlight and the beach waves.

I’m free.

—C

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Your soul

Your soul,

The colour of sunlight.

The light in it never dies.

It’s got bad days, sure —

But it rises in the end.

It will rise

In the wake of pain.

Rise even in the rain.

Your soul,

The essence of stars:

In the darkest nights,

At the witching hour,

It shines its brightest

And never holds back.

It gives what it can.

Gives all it has.

Your soul,

Pure gold

Might be a cliché

But truthfully,

It’s not a stretch.

Your soul

Is my entire world.

—L

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Drown

And here I am drowning again. I struggle as it's grip on me becomes stronger. I try to swim out but even the current flows against me. And when the bigger wave hits, I'm under. I cannot breathe. I cannot think. I give in because I know there's nothing I can do. I drown in my own thoughts. —C

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Memories

I've been going back lately, A little more than I think I should. A lot of memories to hold me, But nothing holds me to the ground. Think of the sunsets in your eyes, How our feet ran to the edge. Think of your favourite songs, And how you smiled when I sang along. And maybe it's too late, I shouldn't be thinking about this again. And would you have loved me, If you hadn't gone away? Or is this our story? Am I fated with these mistakes? —L.

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Miles apart

Admist these skyscrapers,the people below are lost.

The essence of true love has evaporated in the heat of modernization.

The bonds are volatile.

The relationship, polluted.

Eyes draped by glitter and glamour.

As long as we’re pretty in pictures, the love’s strong.

And as another better appearance passes by, we find this love draining.

No one cares about what’s inside.

There’s bodies pressed together but our hearts are miles apart.

Bring back the times when we used to look for warmth and comfort in our love.

Bring back the old school love.

—C

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Lonely moonlight

I love you like sunlight.

You make me happy,

Like bare feet running in the grass.

I’ll love you till I’m lonely moonlight,

When the stars flicker out,

And the sky gets light.

I’ll love you till I fade away,

And even when I’m back again.

—L.

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The moon

You left me crying, Dying. And now I'm waiting for the moon. Waiting to sleep again. Only that this time, I hope I don't wake up in the same world as you. —C

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The end

A few more months of pain And then a lifetime of never seeing you again. And at the end, I wouldn't know whether to cry or to celebrate. What's the point of joy When I don't have you to share it with? —L

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Appearances

Fooled by facade. Bewitched by beauty. The outside carved in Heaven. And inside, raging Hell. We wait around for a pretty face, Worthy of breaking our petty hearts. I realize how shallow our love is. And how hollow our hearts are. —C

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When you were with me

I'm so used to you So don't blame me if I forget That you're not mine anymore. I hate not being yours. And even though people don't belong to people, Can you look me in the eye and tell me, That you didn't stand a little taller, smile a little brighter, When you were with me? Cause I know you know That I loved you so hard All while I watched you fall out of love, But I still stood a little taller, smiled a little brighter, When you were with me. And I could see us in the future, In a few years, maybe, In a house by the river, And you were with me. —L.