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Never A Stranger

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Never A Stranger by Valerie Parente

They say when you fall in love
you fall in love with a stranger
but you were never a stranger
I dreamt of you every night
you were never absent
you were just out of sight.

I always felt you
even when the world was pitch black
you were a spark of light
my perfect match
lighting the way
so that we could cross paths.

They say you fall in love with a stranger
but there is nothing strange about it.
I’ve been led here today by the belief
that I’d recognize you in a room so crowded
and I was right to live for this anomaly
because I knew how strange it wasn’t.

– Valerie Parente (7-24-2025)

In Your Orbit

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In Your Orbit by Valerie Parente

In your orbit
I am more than enough
just like a planet
who’s found her sun.

It once seemed aimless
the path I embarked
but it was all predestined
written in the stars.

I would go on untethered
bound to no such rotation
if it weren’t for you
or the gravity of the situation.

In your orbit
I will never stray
I could go around the world forever
with the pull of your weight.

– Valerie Parente (5-19-2025)

The Cliff

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The Cliff by Valerie Parente

You can’t rush into something
that’s been a long time coming
I’ve been falling for years
and I could have hit the ground running.

I knew it was a cliff
we were dealing with
I knew all along
one of us would trip.

Just a little push
was all it took
I went down first
when you were afraid to look.

Then you saw
I survived and walked
no longer waiting
for you to jump off.

I knew it all
I knew you would fall
I knew the realization
would hit like a brick wall.

I could have ran
just to prove I can
but then you showed me
where you stand.

It was next to me,
after all this grief
you didn’t fall
you actually leaped.

Now we feel the same
both on this plane
the ground is finally level
on this new terrain.

– Valerie Parente (4-9-2021)

Touch the Heart

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only love can break a heart

Of course I still love you.

Hearts were designed to feel the touch of love, and that impression will forever  be remembered.

If you hurt me and it breaks my heart, it is because I love you.

If you hurt me and it does not break my heart, it is because you never touched my heart from the start.

– Valerie Parente (6-4-2017)