the piquant wallflower: the dark night of the soul

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05 September, 2011

today.

...fiveyearsagoandinadifferentlifetimeshedroppedmyheartandshattereditinahundredmillionpiecessomanyitcouldneverbeputbacktogetheragainandnothingfitrightnothingremaineditwasinfactthedeathofmeandwhenthenightdarkgrewslowlyintoanewdayonlythencouldiseeallthosebrokenpartsofmesobrilliantlyfracturedservedwhollytoreflectthelight.

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