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The Vase Paradox

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Even though I know his heart is mine
I cry in empty pain for what should have been here
When I see the way you cry for her
I can't help but feel the mint stain gouging my heart
That unfortunate side effect of being the human vase
which means no matter how many times we break
and are placed back together on the shelf
Means that we will always feel empty until there is something there,
That we are always broken until filled
Even if it seeps out of our still unfilled cracks
and causes us to shatter onto the floor again.
But even when we have a vase of water and lilies,
perhaps we might do better with roses
or we might see ourselves instead bearing marigolds
Despite the lilies going well with our complexion,
we may choose to tip again
and cause ourselves to fall and break
in desire for what could have been
but not is.
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