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~ Dilemma ~

 

How do I talk emotionally to him?

Words with me you once cried,

Tarried long, wars within,

Be the battle lost or won,

Parley with each other then,

Open up, and speak direct,

Bathe and tender battle scars,

Laugh, jape and jest together,

Knowing of past battles and laments,

Wonder and trembling tears in hearts,

If you think too much water’s passed,

Never forget this question of me,

Did he not say he that he would wait?

Is it he or is it thee that will not dance?