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Not Enough

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kidko123

Published: Feb 19, 2014

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She wears not her heart on her sleeve
but rather flaunts mine.

It's something about her,
perfect enough,
more than too much,
enough to tempt time itself;
and I fear
that I'm simply
not enough.

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