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Stargirl.
Student and freelancer. @ Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko
Student and freelancer. @ Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko
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<p>I could say a thousand reasons why I love you.</p><p><br/></p><p>I could mention your eyes,</p><p>your nose,</p><p>your lips,</p><p>your hands.</p><p><br/></p><p>I could say all these things.</p><p><br/></p><p>But</p><p>I would be no more than a liar,</p><p>with scissors for a mouth,</p><p>cutting the truth into pieces</p><p>small enough to fit inside a sentence.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because how do I tell you</p><p>that I love you</p><p>without making love smaller than it is?</p><p><br/></p><p>I will show you.</p><p><br/></p><p>I’ll show you</p><p>how desperately each heart here belongs to you,</p><p>how I am moved simply because you are.</p><p><br/></p><p>How for you</p><p>I can be fire, then water.</p><p>I can be brimstone and streams.</p><p>I can be the cloud and the sun.</p><p><br/></p><p>I can burn.</p><p>I can soothe.</p><p>I can become what the moment requires</p><p>without asking what remains of me after.</p><p><br/></p><p>I’ll let you see.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not just the pretty parts.</p><p>Not just the easy parts.</p><p>Not just the things I can name</p><p>without trembling.</p><p><br/></p><p>I’ll let you see</p><p>the wanting,</p><p>the becoming,</p><p>the terrible tenderness of giving yourself</p><p>to something you cannot hold still.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because what is the purpose of love</p><p>if not pursued fully?</p><p><br/></p><p>What is the use of loving you</p><p>if I must always leave</p><p>some part of myself at the door?</p>
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