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“Why do you think you’re unattractive?”
Why this topic again? “Because I am.”
“You are not.”
I look up at him. “That’s enough.”
For Seneca, it’s never enough. “I love your smile. I love that most people don’t get to see it, but I get to see it all the time. You’re gorgeous and funny. I love being around you because I feel like I can be myself. I
can joke with you, talk with you, and be who I really want to be. Sometimes, you’re so in your shell that you refuse to peek your head out.” “I would like to end this conversation here,” I say, more than slightly embarrassed.Of course he’s continuing. “I love your eyes—”
“No.” I pull my shoe off and shove my foot between his legs, which instantly shuts him up.
“Now I’m scared. Are you going to kick or be nice? You’re like a mule.”
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“My job, Mr. Howell, is straightforward. I’m the one who will keep you alive.”
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“When you lose someone you love, something in you changes. You can’t get the pieces to fit together again because the picture of you has been changed. They need to understand your pain and how it changed you before they can understand how the new you needs to be loved.”
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Be my sanctuary
I know it’s not ordinary of me
But I can’t get enough of you
I could be in love with you
So be true
‘Cause I know
I know, I know, I know youWhen you’re away
I promise you’ll stay in my heart
If you stay
I promise you’ll stay in my heart
You’ll stay in my heart‘Cause you bring me
Somewhere so beautiful
You make me
Feel so beautiful
You take me
Somewhere so beautiful
And you know it’s youI could be your gambling machine
And you could put the money in me
Can’t call the bluff on you
I could be in love with you
So be true
‘Cause I know
I know, I know, I know youWhen you’re away
I promise you’ll stay in my heart
If you stay
I promise you’ll stay in my heart
You’ll stay in my heart‘Cause you bring me
Somewhere so beautiful
You make me
Feel so beautiful
You take me
Somewhere so beautiful
And you know it’s you
You know it’s you
You know it’s you
You know it’s you
You know it’s you
You know it’s you -
Mmm
MmmI will see you off now down the back of the ridge
There’s just something that I got to show you
There is domer and there’s rot and the common case
It ain’t nothin’ what you say is trueWith your long arms, try and just give some time
Presently, it does include my dues
Ain’t your standard premonitions, all this phallic repetition
Boy, you tell yourself a tale or twoMan like you
Man, improveWell, I know that we set off for a common place
And the lines have run too deep
How much caring is there of some American love
When there’s lovers sleeping in our streets?So Cerberus Ride! Bring those dead alive
Like Pirate Jenny on the Black Freighter
It’ll be a long day of fixing, make something else your mission
Boy, why this shit so hard to cue?Man like you
How you do? -
Go, ahead and tell me you got all you want
Fiver says you’re wrong
And I suppose you’ve come down to help me
Move things alongAnd we lapped it up and we’re wise enough to know
How it goes to get me honey
But we’re wise enough to know
How it goes to get me honey
‘Cause we know this feeling all a little too wellListen, the distance between us, could’ve took a while
Once we closed that difference, you turned up like a friend of mine
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile
As if one of our longshots paid off
One of our longshots paid offSo yeah, go, ahead and tell me something real
Come on, how’d you feel?
And I suppose you’ve come down to help me
Answer to the riddle
To the riddleWhy we laughed it off and we’re wise enough, who knows?
How it goes to get me honey
But we’re wise enough to know
How it goes to get me honey
‘Cause we know this feeling all a little too wellListen, the distance between us, could’ve took a while
Once we closed that difference, you turned up like a friend of mine
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile
As if one of our longshots paid off
One of our longshots paid offAnd it’s by the by
If it makes those nights fine
We were side by side again
And now, we’re all careless and loved up
You know exactly how it goes
When you’re giving us all kind of reason
Thought I had to go
Follow the heart I believe in, ’cause one of us must know
When you’re giving us all kind of reason
Thought I had to go
Follow the heart I believe in, ’cause in the past it’s done me good
So good, so good, so goodListen, the distance between us, could’ve took a while
Once we closed that difference, you turn up like a friend of mine
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile
As if one of our longshots paid offListen, the distance between us, could’ve took a while
Once we closed that difference, you turn up like a friend of mine
Every once in a while, the little things make me smile
As if one of our longshots paid off
One of our longshots paid off
One of our longshots paid off -
If you were falling, then I would catch you
You need a light, I’d find a match
‘Cause I love the way you say good morning
And you take me the way I amIf you are chilly, here take my sweater
Your head is aching, I’ll make it better
‘Cause I love the way you call me baby
And you take me the way I amI’d buy you Rogaine
When you start losing all your hair
Sew on patches to all you tear‘Cause I love you more than
I could ever promise
And you take me the way I am
You take me the way I am
You take me the way I am -
I feel light, even in my darkest hour,
The weight of this truth, it calms me.
To be light, grounded by a heavy heart,
And by the deeds they have done.Then let the night show me the way,
Will darkness complete me?
Even invite shadow to stay,
As I gift the Lake each silent ache
That burns endlessly.Lovely Lake, well-spring of all living things,
This paradise on earth, she calms me.
Water of life, give me my eternal sleep;
Oasis of blue, my grave.So let the night show me the way,
Let darkness complete me;
I now invite shadow to stay
As I gift the stars my silent scars
That burn endlessly.I feel light, even in my darkest hour.
I feel light. -
In an ordinary world filled with ordinary people…a little love can create something…extraordinary…
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“You don’t think I’m annoying?”
“No, not at all.”
“Really? Even when I say stupid things? And ask to see your willy?”
“Even then.”
I don’t even know what to say, so instead of saying anything, I step into him. “Thank you.”
“You don’t need to thank me.”
My chest almost aches, and I have this weird feeling in my stomach. It’s not a bad feeling, but it’s a strange one. One I don’t seem to know how to understand. I slide my arms around him and press myself to him so I can tuck my face against his neck.
“I don’t know why this makes me feel so weird,” I mumble.
“A good weird or a bad weird?” he asks as he slides his hand under my shirt and gently runs his fingers over my back.
“A good weird. Stop! I can’t take any more of this! My body doesn’t know how to respond. I think it’s shutting down. I think I’m dying, Jackson. Is that what this feeling is?”
He shakes his head as he chuckles. “You’re not dying.”
