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BROKEN IMAGE


Broken mirror couldn't mirror his broken image


20 Years confined in a companion confinement


After long-treasured heart-wholy commitment


Surprised his innocence with irreflectable brokenness


Unpained with irreversible reversibility 


Unbelievable, 20 years spent in custody of irony


Letters playing with memories like they do on boards


Triggering precious moments they'd bond


Cant I run away from this memory


Like pushing building's wall with your back


With strength that can tell it can move


He tried it on flashback; it kept creep-drawing back


Refusing to buy she was innocent and she could prove



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