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Selfish Love


Love

is the purest

pleasure.


It should never

be hurtful

or selfish.


But maybe,

in loving you,

I was selfish.


Because I wanted more...

More time.

More love.

More you.

More us.


I finally felt

the spark,

of what could be

and I yearned

to burn with it.


To set the world alight

with the wildfire

of us.


But truly

selfless love

expects nothing

in return.


Loving

someone else

means

helping them

to love

themselves.


Even if

it means

pulling away...


Letting the flames

flicker and die

to embrace the cold

and build fires

of our own.


Because love

should never be

selfish.

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