100/shallow waters

Life was beautiful,

and so were you.

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You wandered,

deep in thought,

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and I have appeared

to have lost you

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within the codes of

the human condition.

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Diving into the shallow waters

to bring you back to me,

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I began to lose air,

and filled my lungs

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with the contaminated water,

which allowed you to float

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back to the surface.

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I sank to the bottom

of the shallow waters

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heavy with your burdens,

and your worries, and your fears...

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and the last of me returned to you.

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Life is beautiful;
so are you.

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...forever.

-LJ

24 March 2017