I used to keep love at an arm's
length away, near enough,
But not too close that I could
Drown in it and I guess
This is what happens
when the people
You've loved with
your everything
loved you
only by halves,
which tends to hurt
More than never loving you
At all. But then
there was you,
With your kind eyes,
And your warm smile,
And your touch that sparked a fire
In me and left me breathless.
You are what the ocean looks
Like when the sun is up,
Glistening with so much light
that I wouldn't mind
drowning in you at all.
Soyen Encondo
HALVES AND OCEANS
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