Unset Words
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My lips
are incapable
of molding to the form
of the words
I wish to say.

I have always wanted
to tell you
I loved you,
but no longer
I cared
and care still.

I want and need
to know you,
need a map
into your heart.

I cannot
even say it
my lips tremble,
and spill.

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