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Why is it,That locked away
In the bowels of
A little seashell
We can hear the ocean,
But I can't hear
My heart,
Locked away
Inside of me?
What makes shells
So beautiful,
And my silence
So devastating?
Where do
All these roads lead,
And why do seashells
Mark the bitter
Path from
Shore to shining shore?
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It's almost melodic, it's so restful to read, despite the questioning within.
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Mmm 
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one of my favorites of yours.
I love the contrast between the seashell and your heart.
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This. This I believe is one of (if not the) most favorite pieces of mine. That is, I like this one the most of all that I've written. At least, I think so. But then I remember the others and realize I can't decide. But most of the ones I sent in the note are some of my top favorites.
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Thanks
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How is it that you can hold
Something so vast and wonderful
In the palm of your hand?
And how is it that that sound
Can travel hundreds of miles
Just to please your ear?
How is that you can hear it
Even when far away from you ear
But no one else around you can?
And how is it that you can't seem to hear
The sound of your heart's pound
When I know it's loud enough for me?
Just a chain of events, simply put
Put them in the right order for me
Rearange, you'll find the secret
You can't hear your heart
I can hear it perfectly fine, you're alive
Perhaps you can hear my beat better
Your ear to my heart, my ear to that shell
Connection of love makes it possible
Hear the pounding waves of the ocean that I love
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I can't hold something
Vast and powerful in my hand,
Only the shadow of the glorious
Wonder that we find.
Though I hear and enjoy
The many sounds that travel far,
I do not think they are
There to please me. I am
Not worth that much.
Maybe cause I'm just one
Listener in a crowd of shouters,
Or maybe because I hear
The sounds of silence.
I know that I can't hear my heart,
Because the sound of yours
Overpowers my simple beat.
I found the secret by leaving
Everything the way it is.
Only I have rearranged.
Perhaps my heart is silence,
And listening for the sounds
Of those who are beautiful?
That shell to your ear,
Your heart to my ear,
Connection beyond the realm
Of impossibility,
That is the sound of ocean waves
Which dance to our tune.
Woah, it took me so long to get the courage to answer that 
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The ocean is neutral
It does not judge,
It does not view
But it deemed you worthy
Because we all know you are.
You are the one listener
Amongst thousands of speakers
And the ocean hears you listen
It knows, it knows, it knows
And I've seen the power you hold
In those hands of yours
So gentle and soft
So strong and protective
It radiates from within your skin
And though you hold shadows
You can turn them into light
You make that wonder come
You know, you know, you know
And who has more silence
Than that one single listener?
You are silent and stoic
You are ever hearing, listening
Your silence is everything
Over you silence, I hear it
The beauty that shines within
The tune that becomes your music
I know, I know, I know
You say you can't hear the beat
Of your own heart inside
But it lives on in happiness
But it lives on in despair
I can hear it, it's there
You say you can only hear mine
But the reason is much deeper
We hear them beat together, as one
We know, we know, we know
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I listen
When others speak.
You hold me,
When others flee.
What does that make us?
And maybe we can't hear
Because we're both beating
In the same simple pattern.
Thump, thump thump.
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And what are we
Other than what we are
And what we make each other
If we are that same step
And that same constant rhythm
I am you, you are I,
Opposites that fit together
In the way that puzzles fit
One makes up what the other lacks
We are the beat we set for ourselves
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You are everything I'm not,
In a strange and
Twisting way,
It makes no sense,
But the world
Is funny this way.
Just because
We step in tune
Doesn't mean
That we are the same,
By far,
It just means we want
To find the other first.
I am the beat
That is set for me
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And you are everything I am
Because what contrasts is the same
Two strands forever entwined
Who said the world makes sense?
Instead, we laugh
Irony is our best joke
But because we step in tune
We can't help but be the same
Coincidence, fate, destiny
The paths have crossed
One single step
Is all it takes
You are the beat
That is set for you
I am the beat
That is set for me
Together, we are
Our own syncopation.
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So beautiful! As always. You always find the perfect words to string together. It's so wonderful
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Hahaha, Computer Science. Strange, I know.
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Well I'm nursing. Haha so I understand the strange bit.
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