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How I Want You to Want Me

  • Writer: Nic
    Nic
  • Apr 4, 2022
  • 1 min read

Correction of an Earlier Point



With reason, frequently renewed;

With limit, acknowledging failure;

With honesty, despite discomfort;

With respect, as it is also given;

With poetry, mutual and plentiful;

With hands, in prepositional states;

With patience, to match your grace;

With immediacy, whenever I'm close.

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