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Somersault

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The kindling meets the lighter

The world tilts on its axis

Over and over

Locked in a dance with each other

Who is the hunted and who is the hunter

Herded closer and closer

Into the unknown

Leave behind all you know


All I see are fragile foundations

And thanks to the vertiginous confrontations

I’ve lost the world I used to know

The lies ripped down to their bones

I see your hand reach out

I can’t let go

How easily I forget him

Each time you grow close


I fear it as much as I crave it

I run from it

Try to piece my life back together

Throw myself into it like never before

Hold him tight while I keep my eyes closed

As if that would be enough

To hold you at bay


But as the world rights itself again

I don’t put out the flame

My half-hearted defenses fall away

As I’m still looking back

Even as I won’t bring myself to stay

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