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I quivered.<br><br>It was then, I thought of you.<br>I knew we won&#8217;t be two,<br>if you never show up,<br>if you keep on hiding in the future.<br><br>In case, we don&#8217;t fall in love forever,<br>and our hearts of petals keep on flying apart,<br>blown everywhere by the indecisive winds,<br>I will love the thought of you.<br><br>And while waiting for eternity,<br>let kindness prevail,<br>in our fragmented stories:<br>unique and unmatched<br>they pave our paths,<br>like Cobblestones!<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an early Saturday hour, it was just me and the cobblestones,an empty old town.One lonely goose in the river. It is the farmers&#8217; market today.I bought tulips from the oldest woman.I smelled them. I smiled. I quivered. 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