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I used to watch as your heart would sink
In the dead of the eve that shivered
In ecstasy of frostbites

I used to tell you you were one and only,
In the grace of the world that wasn't,
To call my own

I used to make you laugh when you were angry
When I knew you were, in fact,
Oh, so scared

I used to sit with you by the water and watch
As you would calm almost as to mimic
The rippling mirrors

But now, I too am silent as you come
And put me to sleep in awareness
That I must rest…sometimes