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How is it<\/p>\n
That we walked down the same aisle<\/p>\n
But I came alone<\/p>\n
And no one batted an eyelid<\/p>\n
But when she came<\/p>\n
There was a procession,<\/p>\n
Everyone’s breaths hitched<\/p>\n
I felt a slight twitch of jealousy<\/p>\n
At all the grandeur<\/p>\n
It was my day too after all<\/p>\n
And then…<\/p>\n
I saw her<\/p>\n
The radiant smile<\/p>\n
The waving out to the guests<\/p>\n
The little dance she because why not?<\/p>\n
We wore the same colours<\/p>\n
Yet she looked better<\/p>\n
Better than I’d ever seen her before<\/p>\n
More beautiful than I’d ever had time to notice<\/p>\n
That’s when I realised<\/p>\n
No, today isn’t about both of us<\/p>\n
It’s all about her<\/p>\n
And always will be<\/p>\n
And I didn’t mind anymore<\/p>\n
My envy was replaced by fulfillment<\/p>\n
That I was the one making her feel and look this way<\/p>\n
That I was the reason behind her radiance<\/p>\n
And I swore there and then<\/p>\n
To always be that source<\/p>\n
To always keep that radiance intact<\/p>\n
To always make her feel this important<\/p>\n
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In response to text prompt number 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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