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Orchid By the Beach

So beautifuly aluring and unique some have been attracted to her as substance norishment if you will others have seeked and been driven by the instinct of desire in the end all are but victims of deception Like a magnet I was attracted to her her very being seeemed so fragile in it's existence I was driven by both need and desire I had to have her for my own I wanted all and got most with little resistence A day came when she demanded more all my efforts to meet her demands only ended in futility perhaps my efforts were simply to insufficient forced to step back to watch she became a prize for someone else to adore In time my turn came again with aggressiveness I presented my intents I challenged her very continuance with my subsequent departure soon in desperation I was pledging my devotions I exponded on her beauty and voved to repent I continued on like a mindless insect she seemed the same but somehow she was not if I only knew then what I know now she was meerely a reflection a reflection of my own greed All along the beach there were many such as her I could have chose another but I did not, I could not change was a conceptuality of will, I had none such is life on the plant, some do, some don't, some have to be

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