I love you differently.

Free verse · Love

I can saythat i love a lot of thingsmy favorite food my favorite seasonthat feeling you get when you lay onyour bed after a long dayi love all those thingsand moreyet when it comes to youthe love is differentmore potent more passionatea type of love that i can't live withoutthat i refuse to live withoutloving youis existingand i want to existuntil the end of time

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