in love 2/22.

you and your OCD

me and my overthinking

and yet there are these moments 

when our only obsession 

is making each other smile

sometimes when we’re together

we forget about those mental battles

those wars seem to take a backseat

whenever i’m sitting beside you

-r.h. Sin

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