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I doubt

I will ever be happy.

Not in a way

that attacks

or permeates

the deepest

darkness inside me.

There are too many

unknowns, and I 

can't identify

unequivocally

with joy.  

.  

But to be known

or loved by you

is a greater light

than any answer - 

And lying beside you

is more honest 

than 

declarations of truth. 

 

Thank you 

for showing me 

that love is not a parade

or a raging storm.

It's no egotistical scuffle

at Speaker's Corner

or a brass band 

at Trafalgar Square. 

 

It's the

silent 

simple safety 

of open arms.