~She wonders to herself:
How can he cherish a heart and soul that are fatally tarnished?
I don't deserve this love.
~She tells herself:
I will not I cannot let this go!
He makes me long to be better,
to live up to his estimation of my worth.
~He knows the truth of it:
She denies what she knows, even to herself.
See the light that shines, the inner flame that burns,
touch the noble spirit that will not yield.
Though darkness has time and again
sought to extinguish this wonder,
she waits for me still
~He holds her as in a dream and speaks:
We are not defined by our mistakes or our shortcomings.
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