I want no pledges of undying love

Once

I believed in pixies, magic

and true love,

I cried over love stories,

And believed in happily-ever-afters

Love was indeed a many-splendoured thing

so full of laughter, and tears, and happiness

so joined-at-the-hip, hours of togetherness

reading books together, pausing to kiss

arguing amicably, passionately

watching a movie,

murmuring 'I love you' for no reason whatsoever

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