I won't keep you

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I will not keep you in the drawer of memories,
Because that's where you keep what is forgotten with time,
Whispers of a love that were mere glimpses,
Dull echoes of a lost story.

Nor long will I keep you in the attic,
For there shadows and dust gather,
And in every corner, a sigh without eagerness,
A broken promise, a future that's a rock.

I won't keep you, love, in closed boxes,
Nor in old portraits that time yellows,
You live in the air, in the sung notes,
In every heartbeat, in the light that shines.

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