I'm not blind to pain

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I look at you.

and I see it in your face.

you think you can handle it.

but I see you.

I see the hurt.

the dark circles beneath your eyes

and the quiet plea

dancing on your bottom lip

too afraid to be voiced.

too afraid to be heard.

because you're too afraid

to be hurt

and I just want to take you and

wrap you up in my arms.

hold you, console you.

tell you things you'll believe.

but you don't seem to believe.

anything anymore

because you have been deceived

far too many times

so, I'll just look at you.

and see the pain in your fake smile.

and ill smile back

and I'll hear the attempted deception.

when you tell me that you're just tired

and I'll tell me too.

I know you're broken inside

I can see it in your face.

violets are blue and so are you.

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