Disguise

Love
can come
in a way of disguise.

Love
can go
in a way of a new start.

Love
can stay
in a way of surprise.

Embrace, breathe, and smile;
The sun will shine,
When the disguise has fallen.

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Thorn

Hardship makes us stronger.
One at a time --- stripping away the thorns.
I have cried in the rain
I have smiled in the sun and then
I have stayed silent in the snow.