I’m not going to lie

(A Poem)

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She said we were dating on the marriage track.
And I didn’t know what to say, we were on the run and
the roar of bombshells was our backing track.

We folded our promises till they were in a stack,
and set them ablaze.
Watched I love you’s ember and float up for days.

Then she turned left,
and I turned right.
Without as little as a stiff goodbye.

It’s left a pin in my heart all these years,
I’m not going to lie.

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