Penetrating deeply beneath the [our] surface
I comprehend (finally)
all the lies Emotion told me
as I was laying next to him.

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Lover, I've listened to your sorrows
for days,
darkness beneath your eyes
reflects the shadows within the black.
Sleep has forsaken you,
until I'm found
twisted in your arms,
your makeshift pillow, stranded,
Awake.

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I feel like an epic
heroine
stealing your heart,
redeeming your soul,
just in classic Hollywood-timing
to feel the bullet through my chest.
Cliche deception masked behind a shield
of immaculate honesty-
the sweetest pain of knowing
I traded my redemption so you could have yours.