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Writer's pictureSpike Woods

Fifth love.

So they say he walks in loneliness,

Hello is his goodbye.

Watch him in the silent dark,

Never know the reason why;

Wipe the tears away from hope,

Wave until he’s gone –

Laugh, and the world laughs with you

But if you cry, you cry alone.

No, he never noticed you,

Never saw your smile;

Living in his other world

You were shadowed all the while;

Wash the taste of salt away,

Smile, and think of home –

Laugh, and the world laughs with you,

But if you cry, you cry alone.

Soon the crowd will pick you up,

Laughing in the sun;

Leave the stranger moving on,

Life for him has not begun.

Dry your eyes, forget the past,

One and none is one –

Laugh, and the world laughs with you,

But if you cry, you cry alone.

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