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I saved the quiet parts To be filled later When the want Of emptiness Subsided I tended them In secret As the world Crumbled Around my shoulders I hid them Behind smiles False ones That echoed hope And then There was you With real ones Honest ones Eager ones That you shared freely Over the walls That I had built And slowly Almost so That I didn't even notice There were petals Of promise That now fell around me And so I Will let you in To these secret places These quiet places Because no one Has ever said my name The way You do Because I have never felt it Touch against These walls The way it does With sweet ache Off your tongue Resting only For a second At your lips Before it reaches me And begs With mirth To fill The quiet