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the rose so beautiful andcovered in thorns was dyingin my embrace

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the rose so beautiful and
covered in thorns was dying
in my embrace.
and yet i found that it
stayed lying with grace.
i ignored the pain,
thought i had more to gain.
but as blood trickled down
my hand, i realised that i
had to take a stand.
so i dropped the rose,
but i think ill keep the lily

~©Cadencexx

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