Although,

they never tell you
that to have passion,
is subsequently,
to accept pain

and to be close to someone,
is actually,
a form of mutual
scrutiny

that love is,
by all means,
mostly a battle
with yourself

yet, the deepest scars
are more often than not,
pointed out by another

and when
the fight is over,
(it's really never over)

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but, I am grateful
for this love
although, it proves
a struggle

for at the day's end,
our polar souls
exist to guide each other