Poem: Simple Does It

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I’m a simple creature,

I’ll never need material things, 

When I state my simplest of wants, I mean what I mean when I say it’s the physical things,

It’s the smile across the room after a joke has been cracked, 

It’s the teasing comeback and the snort of humor that came after,

It’s the raised eyebrows in question when you tap your nose in reply,

It’s speaking the same language but never having to explain why, 

It’s feeling your body physically relax in the presence of a safe soul,

It’s realizing you’ve been so tense after witnessing their peace, 

It’s enjoying the silence or laughing up at the moon,

It’s conversations that flow one upon another until it’s late and time stands still,

It’s the ease, the laughter, the understanding,

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So at the end of the day, you didn’t just misunderstand me,

You just forgot how too.

I wasn’t hard to love or unwilling to try; you gave up your chances by forgetting it was me who stood by your side,

I told you I’d leave if you ever disrespected me,

And when you did it,

It killed me.

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I’m not hard to love,

You just became hard to hold when everything began to break.