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Stranger Danger

I like that we’re strangers 
That our late night intimate fights
Are actually just late nights of random conversations with a random stranger 
The internet came with a whole lot of bad but surely the beauty of an online friend was above it

I like that we’re strangers 
That I can talk to you on end
Or maybe after the three day cycle ends
And I’m finally free again
That we pick up on our conversation with so much ease it feels like I’ve known you for years 

I like that we’re strangers, that I hear you laugh and think “wow”
Know that even if nobody else around me thought I made sense, somehow you, the stranger from the internet fully understands me

I like that we’re strangers, I wish not for you to know more
You know me so intimately yet know absolutely nothing about me
I like that we’re strangers, this version is exactly who I never want to tarnish in your eyes
Please, let’s stay strangers

Let the depth of your knowledge be so shallow that it allows you to drown ankle high because of the intensity of what you know about me.

Dear Stranger, I love you with a passion and yet I wish you never learn my name
My our true lives never collide so I can always cherish the memory of who I believe you are

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