a recent poem

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I don't know how to do this

As if these words could capture you

As if any words could

"smile"Doesn't quite cover

The way the corners of your mouth move

Shifting your cheeks

Turning you carefree

"Laugh"

Can't explain how my chest flutters

In time with your exhales

"eye contact"

Will never do justice

To the peaceful way

My world shrinks

To just you and I

And this poetry

Can't tell you

Everything I wish it could

Because this ink

Will never burn

Quite as you do

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