I love you

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On a sunny evening
You shot two bullets
Straight at my heart
I clutched my chest
And you watched from afar
With your eyes wide
And cheeks damp.

When my knees trembled
And I fell
You didn't let my body
Touch the floor
You softly whispered,

"I love you,
But I love myself more"

-Excerpt from a book I'll never write.

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