Sadness

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Sadness

Let me introduce you to
Your happiness

Your ladders
Will be horizontal

The wolves will
Reckon your arrival

Your tapestry
Will have no deadline

The horizon
Will beg your forgiveness

And I will place
Butterflies on your bed each morning

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