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Of the billions of objects

Why did she pick me?

This orb, bruised and silent

A solitary body in the galaxy

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Before we met, she knew me

Curious with this mystery

Patient, waiting for the bloom

Every day another page to the story

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She reaches for my hand

A schoolboy, queasy

The energy surges

It’s that pure and easy

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Her heart tunneled deep toward mine

Guided to me, a lonely atoll

I couldn’t wiggle free, I didn’t try

Wrapping herself around my soul

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The moon introduces our show

Two sparklers, painting the night

Beaming, like summer fireflies

Still dancing as the stars become twilight

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Ocean currents meeting at the horizon

Golden hues, blending in the sunset

Her calling, sweet words in the breeze

She gets me, now a duet