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Unable to look her in the eyes
He tells her how beautiful she is
She said, “there is no one but you”
Slowly, he lifts his lashes
A delicate flower, preserving its petals
His expression now transparent
She steals a glimpse of his soul
Unexpectedly seeing the expected
He no longer belonged to her

Reminded of his past painful words
Spoken with such ease, such conviction
“I don’t know why I have little faith in you”
Tears stream down her face
Following a familiar path unknown to him
Steadily opening her mouth
She nervously licks her salt-stained lips
Determined to show him the hurt
She says nothing
Sleeping her sorrow away

He said, “you always believed in me”
She knew that was not enough
A smile so faint
Forms her countenance
Never does it reach her eyes
Unwilling to compete with the past
The truth she had been running from
Cornered her
Suffocating her into a nauseating realization
He only ever loved the idea of her

From time to time
She remembers the man she once knew
The smile that could melt the coldest of hearts
The sharp, almost intimidating intellect
Now watching him from afar
Stumbling
Contemplating the path ahead of him
She glances up at the sky
“Alhamdulillah” she softly whispers
And turns away
From a man she never really knew at all