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My Pretty Damsel

My love of you runs deeper than color my damsel sorry though I made you wait so long for my reply but here I am to appreciate your beauty once more If I could live inside this picture I'd caress your legs graciously as I steal a kiss from a diamond Scarlett Jade, my emblem how I wish we could run back to our tryst back to our safe haven These past infuriating days I needed your comfort but I chose not to reach for you for there lies not a good reason to reach across distances just for you to be a heroine lasting a moment even though moments are what we're made of since it took but a moment for you to steal me with your eyes a shade that would even strike Maleficent as fair since it took but a moments for the eloquence of my words to serenade your heart My voice was not meant for lyrics nor speech like a play gone wrong, I fumble over my own two feet daring not to say what would even cause all the deities in the universe to laugh at my foolishness but back to script my dear For you, all I can give is but a moment are words decorated with roses or every flower in the known world you desire the very rings of Saturn the moon I plucked from Neptune to create an outer space necklace that captures your beauty, captures your essence for you are surely stellar And if I've said it once, I've said it a million times I'd chase constellations to round them up in a cluster and make the greatest thing in the world you ever loved call it a gift for being an inspiration to me What more can I say I've written here a book for you three years long and on every single entry one thing has never changed but I'll only wink to you, say adieu cause you're a clever girl and I know you'll figure it out before the stars burn out tonight My pretty damsel my whole light, my diamond My Scarlett Jade the emblem of a cherry blossom the emblem of...

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