We cannot be what we cannot see. – Jason Reynolds, New York Times best-selling author

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Love Is Pain

By AG

They say when you love someone
you don’t treat them bad
and it’s sad because through the mud
her heart, I continuously dragged.
Love sometimes makes me blind
and I totally lose track of time
thinking she’s forever mines...

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Love Is Pain

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