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IF YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME
IF YOU ARE TO LOVE ME,
LOVE ME FOR MY MIND.
IT'S VALLEYS AND PEAKS,
HOPES AND DREAMS.

LOVE ME FOR WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND,
MY THOUGHTS
AND MY DREAMS.

MY BRIGHTEST AND DARKEST.
WILDEST AND FILTHIEST.
DON'T LOVE ME
FOR AN OUTWARD SHOW
BECAUSE I WILL NOT RECIPROCATE

SUPERFICIALITY
IS NOT MY CUP OF TEA.
SO, IF YOU SAY
YOU LOVE ME
FOR MY MIND,
MAKE SURE
YOU COME PREPARED,
FOR I'VE BEEN DOWN
THIS ALL TOO FAMILIAR ROAD,

KNIGHTS WHO WORE THEIR HEARTS ON THEIR SLEEVE,
UNPREPARED
FOR A LIFE UNSEEN.
COWARDS LATER.

NO TIME TO WASTE
FOR LIFE IS BUT
A HUNDRED YEARS
IF YOU'RE LUCKY.

SWEET NOTHINGS
ABOUT BEAUTY AND MY BODY,
WON'T GET YOU
A PLACE IN MY HEART

COME ARMED
OR
DON'T COME AT ALL.




© Iris Autumn