it had a claim on us
and we owned it
although the form was familiar
it brought us a new perspective
sometimes it was frightening
especially now that we know more
but we still have control
or so it seems
one hundred and eighty
thousand times
we said
/iloveyou/
we said it to the water
and to the moon
without thinking
we still owed
all of the things
that were forgotten
(and remembered)
still
the reward came
from an estranged place
and we owned it
yet it had a claim on us
a lien on our soul.
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