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they all say sometimes
we need to swallow our pride,
but let me tell you
that the only time
pride ever fit inside my mouth
was when I was talking about
me,

and darling, I know you are the same;
I can see it
in your eyes,
dark and so defiant,
I can see it in the way
you have never been scared;

and the catch then becomes
letting love grow
between a hurricane and a hard place,
between walls built and broken
around each other,
between wild words and war
so easily waged;

but you and I
could never quite capitalise
on quitting,
and we’re still waiting to see what happens
when you drive into collision
two forces that never learnt
how to
yield.