talk me off of my romantic cliff
i know
i am so dramatic
mostly in my own head
that parallel universe
can come unhinged from reality
that wasn’t my intention
yet here we are
reaching
for something
without basis in the real world
“quiet down”
“what do you need?”
“i can hear your disappointment”
“patience and persistence
are always a wise choice”
“come down from that ledge”
“it’s going to be all right”

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