It took so many years

for me to remember

the ways you loved me.

What I needed

and what you had to give

did not match.

From the broken child inside of you,

you loved with all your fractured

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heart,

a heart I could not heal.

Still, I carry the love

you gave me.

It brings me joy

where bitterness

once grew.

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