Her heart dripped blood 

The scent of blood attracts strange creatures

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After 11 years of togetherness, they were becoming strangers

The councillor told them to take a vacation

They went to the hills

Unfathomable ocean of loneliness roared in between

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Every war has five sides

Who attacked

Who defended

Who gained, who lost

Change of ownership of land and resources

And display of might at the cost of human lives

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Every war has five sides

Who attacked

Who defended

Who gained, who lost

Change of ownership of land and resources

And display of might at the cost of human lives

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He was learning about her wounds

And her curves

Like a blind man reads Braille

In darkness

With fingertips

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Creases on the bedsheet

Watermarks on beach sand

Signs

Signs of things that were and

Are not, now

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