I will love you

but not like before


then we were children

looking for a fairy tale's conclusion


now we're weary adults

who know the punchline and wince


but if I didn't love you

I wouldn't have been sucked into this


and together we share the tired shrug

together we regret what we thought


we were doing to amend and renew a love

oh fools who believe faith and love in a world


without any I will love you

knowing now how the dream fades into a fogged afterward






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