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		<description>The original writings of author Belle</description>
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			<title>Perhaps</title>
			<description>December 26, 2025Perhaps I am fated for this profound sadnessnot merely a weight, but a source,a reservoir from which my words draw gravity.It lingers, persistent, shaping perception,tempering thought, and guiding the handthat threads silence into language,that pulls the intangible into rhythm.In th..</description>
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			<title>NO TITLE YET</title>
			<description>that night we curled up on the overturned table made ofnarraand what served as our roof was a piece of plywood - thewooden board we put under our karagumoy mat where we sleep.&amp;nbsp;but that night we didn&amp;rsquo;t sleep&amp;nbsp;we couldn&amp;rsquo;t blanket ourselves with that sheet o..</description>
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			<title>Grasping</title>
			<description>Here I amagainstandingon the brinkof endless darknessgrasping for light.Layer&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;layerdestroyed,torn apartI have been hereA million times,But this timeI am waitingto be consumed bythe eternal dimension.I want to grab my end,layandrestin a painless slumber.</description>
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			<title>Blade of Truth</title>
			<description>I took the hugeresponsibilityOf brushing other soulsThrough my words;For that,I was boundTo speak only the truth.&amp;nbsp;Tell me,Did I make a wrong choiceBecauseI have only spoken to youThe truthAndYou broke my heartInto smaller pieces--now, &amp;nbsp;I ambleedingMore than how I bledIn that of the Unp..</description>
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			<title>to a nymph</title>
			<description>by : Asset BalinWeep not my dear,Weep not-- and bear--Bear your maple tearsWe&amp;rsquo;re here!We&amp;rsquo;re your collective pails.&amp;nbsp;Weep not my naiadWeep not and bear--Bear the vase &amp;lsquo;til the riverCries for furyFor the bareness of your feet!&amp;nbsp;Weep not my dearWipe those brittle crystalsFor y..</description>
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			<title>Reason and Passion</title>
			<description>InLife and On Being a Writer, I have discovered that there is a&amp;nbsp;need to create balance between reason andpassion; there is a need to learn to express oneself in full while preservingself- dignity and self control, for extending too much is as dangerous as giving too little.&amp;nb..</description>
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			<title>To You Stalker</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;I don&amp;rsquo;t remember getting myself involvein any troublebut&amp;nbsp;since you forged me to be into this strifethen let it be&amp;nbsp;EYEFOR AN EYE&amp;nbsp;If that is your callthen let us&amp;nbsp;chase each other &amp;lsquo;til hell!&amp;nbsp;I AmTaking This Page Back&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbs..</description>
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			<title>Poem 1.15</title>
			<description>What is genuine love without loyaltyIs it not to love is to be loyal?At all sort, it is true affection I gaveOnly to receive wound that never fades.&amp;nbsp;What is obedience without being passiveIs it not that passivity is acceptance?At all sort, I have accepted that, I --..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1174493/</link>
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			<title>Labor</title>
			<description>The dimness is beckoning my mind, my hands to cease, to rest. &amp;nbsp;Why not?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If he, the powerful sun,All-embracing,&amp;nbsp;all-encompassing,Calls the moon, the stars, to replace him in his placeThen why not allow The fainting mindThe jaded han..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1173991/</link>
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			<title>Momentary Bliss</title>
			<description>		The multitude paint in the sky was fading, while the cold sun was preparing himself to usher the colder night to her place. All things were set for the next gray twilight and every activity was about to cease. Again, the room was veiled with the sound of silence. It was like in the vast of stillne..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1166276/</link>
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			<title>My Moon</title>
			<description>You.Yes, it is youPrince of this eyeI know no more&amp;nbsp;delightful sightOther than&amp;nbsp;gazing your lightShining brightly&amp;nbsp;in the bleakness&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;my night --&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1162620/</link>
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			<title>The Unsung Nymph</title>
			<description>In the unfathomable AkheronWhere Plegeth and Kokytos both flowDwells a Naiad whomsome may knowBy the silence ofher broken soul;She has no desireother than, &amp;nbsp;toSwim swiftly, &amp;nbsp;vanishself from the streamFind the blithe flightto the Lotus Land,To devour th..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1158790/</link>
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			<title>Unforgotten</title>
			<description>How many moments that our hearts would remember?How many things that our minds would forget?&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Blissful, sad, sweet, bitter -&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Small, big, great -Some memories were forgotten,but this one little while, I can never forgetNyx was our sole witness&amp;nbsp;While the..</description>
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			<title>Poem 3.16</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;When I married youI dared call myself not my ownI dared my soul to bowFor us to have a love-home; my every thoughtMy every heart-stroke, to you they belong,Though from you, honesty I have not found;No steadfast heart was there to lean upon.&amp;nbsp;My days went..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1148050/</link>
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			<title>Poem 3.15</title>
			<description>Foolish I was, &amp;nbsp;to have looked in the mirrorof your souldove into your core &amp;nbsp;swayed into yoursweet song&amp;nbsp;Foolish I was, tohave &amp;nbsp;made mine self &amp;nbsp;a crystallinelet you conquered mydomainallowed &amp;nbsp;you to marry my mind&amp;nbsp;Now, ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1144392/</link>
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			<title>Oxymoron</title>
			<description>Myconvictions are the stones within meThatmade me stands like a mountainInthe middle of needled rain thatendlessly dripping.&amp;nbsp;Itis, too, my convictionsthatmade me sway like a hale tree to&amp;nbsp;repel every flicker of Neuth&amp;rsquo;s rage&amp;nbsp;So..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1142154/</link>
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			<title>Simple Observation 11</title>
			<description>Between humidity and cold, in mother nature it becomes difficult to see,&amp;nbsp;in human mind the answers become clear.</description>
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			<title>Quote 15</title>
			<description>I am nothing but an apprentice of these masters from the past,&amp;nbsp;but before long I sure know I will find the own law of my own verse.</description>
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			<title>Quote 14</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Inquire if you do not know; do not be afraid too to share what you know&amp;nbsp;for you neverknow it can make a difference.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1121901/</link>
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			<title>Thin Line</title>
			<description>One has a comely faceThe other is an evilThey say&amp;nbsp;But why I feelThey are the same&amp;nbsp;ExtremeDistressingMakes meA fool&amp;nbsp;Now, I don&amp;rsquo;t knowThe difference&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1121278/</link>
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			<title>Poem 3.14</title>
			<description>...yet words is never enough.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1114332/</link>
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			<title>Thunderstorm</title>
			<description>Heaven is deeply cracking mad again,&amp;nbsp;pouring endlessly giant drops of rain.Wind blows like a creepy billowing moan,&amp;nbsp;slashing everything not once but more and more.When will this down pour cease I do not know,&amp;nbsp;the only thought I know is fear and gloom.&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<title>To Erida</title>
			<description>It is thee I least desireWorse woe no good to holdI never like I tell don't reside;&amp;nbsp;To keep thee not I yearn to decideFor so long I want compose'Villain stop! ' I plead to inquire.&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<title>Deviation</title>
			<description>Validity.Is it because it is written accepted by many it is valid?Is it becauseIt is from the tongue of a significantConforms to the presiding orderIt is valid?I tell ye,What may be true to youis not true to me.The true in the past May not be true in the prese..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1105175/</link>
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			<title>On Poesy</title>
			<description>All human has a kind of being apoet in the sense that each of us has the capacity to feel wonder in thepresence of natural world, and every one of us has the thought whereof theuniverse is a celebration, but inquire for expression for without it &quot; weare only half ourselves&quot;; our other half i..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1105130/</link>
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			<title>Odyssey</title>
			<description>With my lean body I standupon my foot within the landWith my assent I glidealoft the billow in the skyI licked every bead of rainI breathed every summer breezeI made merry with tint of dreamI repelled every flicker of rageNothing I did not embracein the beat of endless stintI became a hale entitybei..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1068227/</link>
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			<title>Circle</title>
			<description>circlereminds me when I was littlewhen I go round and roundnever care as long as I giggle and titter&amp;nbsp;circlereminds me of my father's loveno ending lovecontinuously lifting me up&amp;nbsp;circlereminds me of this lifemust go on and on and onno matter what the ending must&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1068213/</link>
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			<title>September Moon</title>
			<description>You.Yes it is youNow in unhidden viewIn this silent untidy nightDare I say,&amp;nbsp;you are the only light--</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1065238/</link>
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			<title>Between Earth and Sky</title>
			<description>Resplendent it is to untwineWhile we drink our cup of wineAtop green mountain highWhere we meet Earth and Sky.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1058695/</link>
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			<title>Veil </title>
			<description>How can a bird born to flyLives in a cage to sit?How can a woman born to joyMust wear veil in her headthat forbids her to spread her wings?&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1057703/</link>
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			<title>The Dot on a White Paper</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Dear Poets :December 15, 2012&amp;nbsp;This is the date when I first read in horror the news about the most incomprehensible tragedy happened in a school : the slaughter of the innocents in Newtown's Sandy Hook Ele..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1057252/</link>
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			<title>While in Deep Blue</title>
			<description>In a place not far away from theeI just want to sit watch you breatheYour hue is so heavenly blueEndows me breath right in due.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1054714/</link>
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			<title>Between Earth and Sky</title>
			<description>Resplendent it is to untwineWhile we drink our cup of wineAtop green mountain highWhere we meet Earth and Sky.&amp;nbsp;Serenity we sense hind a sighAs we watch the golden brineAtop green mountain highAmidst Earth and Sky.&amp;nbsp;Whimsical it is in grass to lie..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1054707/</link>
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			<title>Wish</title>
			<description>Wish upon CassiopeiaI wish I am a kiteIn the wind I'll rideI'll fly away awhilefrom this empty mine--</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1054530/</link>
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			<title>Stigma</title>
			<description>Indeed,indeed, indeed,Beautyis a creature in bordered wildExoticism is diffused in coloredHereBrown, there White, there Black,Thereis even Ivory.&amp;nbsp;Indeed,indeed, indeed,Everycountry changes its shape and shadeComplimentingbounded sightLike that o..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1049486/</link>
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			<title>Dance</title>
			<description>O body move, Obody swayDance to thesound of music.O dark browneyes, brightening glanceSpeak to thedepth of the psyche.O body move, Obody swayDance to thesound of the heartbeat.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1048803/</link>
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			<title>On Being with Nature</title>
			<description>Betweenheat and moist in mother-nature it becomes difficult to see; in human mind theanswers become clear.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Belle&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1043974/</link>
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			<title>SAMPAGUITA</title>
			<description>Star-shaped blossomDainty Immaculate white&amp;nbsp;Bloom in bundlesCovering&amp;nbsp; green branch&amp;nbsp;Belle of the dark nightWilt in the period ofbright&amp;nbsp;Sweet distinctiveperfumeSignal to an innocent&amp;nbsp;Garland of faith to amotherHope to a y..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1041018/</link>
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			<title>Ode to the God of War</title>
			<description> ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR FRIEND ~</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1037060/</link>
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			<title>September</title>
			<description>written for a friend</description>
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			<title>Little Angelo</title>
			<description>~ on motherhood ~</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1032930/</link>
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			<title> In the Arm of Salvation</title>
			<description>~ my very first try for ekphrastic poetry ~</description>
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			<title>Under the Rain</title>
			<description>I&amp;rsquo;ll &amp;nbsp;never walk under the rainNever againThunder Lightning flicking my veinThen and againClouds bursting with anger I fearAgain and againWind blowing rage I can&amp;rsquo;t bearTime and againI&amp;rsquo;ll never walk under the rainNever againNot if you will not come&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;kiss meand&amp;nbsp..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1017179/</link>
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			<title>Ode to Eros and Psyche</title>
			<description>In a momentof pondering and weighing time When I thinkof the intricacies love brings,I praise theHeart and Mind of how they rhymefor their questto conquest their passion&amp;rsquo;s stings.Love cannotlive without trust, from Eros I learned;Commitment, sacrifice,Psyche dec..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1017156/</link>
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			<title>Painless Slumber</title>
			<description>Here I amagainstandingon the brinkof an endless darknessgrasping for a never seenlightLayer by layerdestroyedtorn apartI knowI have been hereA million timesBut this timeI am waitingto be consumed bythe eternal dimensionfor I want to g..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1014236/</link>
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			<title>Breath of Love</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;She whispered&amp;nbsp;in compassion&amp;nbsp;Red is bleedGreen is deepWhite is pureYellow is lure&amp;nbsp;She unfolds her bloomCottony softSorely delicateTwig with thornsPetals in twig&amp;nbsp;But whatever she may speakHer name is Ro..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/iAmBelle/1010976/</link>
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			<title>Broken Word</title>
			<description>~ yell out ~</description>
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			<title>A Solemn Burn In the Rain</title>
			<description>Behind my calm and white hinged window paneI stand with cup of black brew am grippingThinking of your burning touch under rainAs I contemplate every bead drippingThoughts of you race ahead my solemn sipLike small drops chase the void to kiss the earthHaunting sensation of your sweetest lipIs blazing..</description>
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			<title>On Poetry</title>
			<description>~  Life I have  ~</description>
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			<title>Breath of Love</title>
			<description>You whispered with passion :Red is bleedGreen is deepWhite is pureYellow is lureYou unfold your bloomCottony softSorely delicateTwig with thornsPetals in twigBut whatever you may speakYour name is RoseThe name of LoveMisspelled it as ErosYou remain:The Breath of Love</description>
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