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SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE HE WAS LIVING IN THE PAST AND IT WASN'T YET APPARENT HOW LONG THEIR LOVE WOULD LAST BUT THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT WITH PASSIONS SO INTENSE AS THEY SHARED EACH OTHER'S ENERGY AND KEPT IT PRESENT TENSE THEIR DESIRES COINCIDED UNAFRAID OF GOING FAST SPEEDING TOWARDS WHATEVER THEY FELT WOULD MAKE IT LAST IT WAS ALL ABOUT THEIR CHOICES HOW THEY MADE EACH OTHER FEEL WHILE TRYING TO IMPROVE UPON THEIR CONCEPTS OF IDEAL POSSIBLY IMPROVE UPON SOMETHING MORE THAN REAL THEN ONE DAY SHE ASKED HIM MY DEAR IS SOMETHING WRONG IT SEEMS THERE ARE CONDITIONS WHERE YOU THINK I DON'T BELONG HE PAUSED TO PONDER WHAT SHE SAID HE LOVED HER COMPANY AND SAID I'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN A THOUGHTFUL REPARTEE IS IT BOUND TO HAPPEN REPITIONS SETTLES IN AND SLOWS THE FLOW OF LAVA THAT SCORCHES WHERE THEY'D BEEN THEIR PASSIONS COOLED AND HARDENED TILL THEY REALLY COULDN'T TELL IF THEIR JOURNEY LED TO HEAVEN OR WAS JUST A STEP FROM HELL OH SO CLOSE TO HEAVEN YET NOT TOO FAR FROM HELL THAT WHICH IS DESIRED SOON LOSES IT'S APPEAL FOR ONCE IT IS POSSESSED SEEMS A LITTLE LESS IDEAL NEVER EVER SATISFIED ETERNAL WRINKLED BROW WANTING WHERE AND WHEN WHILE THEY HAD THE HERE AND NOW WANTING WHERE AND WHEN WHILE THEY HAD THE HERE AND NOW

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Date: 1/30/2019 6:51:00 AM
Aha! This is exactly why about every six years I make it my duty to re-fall in love with my husband, thinking only of the good things about him and there are plenty. "THEIR PASSIONS COOLED AND HARDENED TILL THEY REALLY COULDN'T TELL IF THEIR JOURNEY LED TO HEAVEN OR WAS JUST A STEP FROM HELL"
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