How can we ever know love?

Let's take a chance
Let's fall in love

Let's be together
Let's kiss each other

Let's walk in the streets
Until dawn bites dusk

Watch the shooting stars
Give it our all

Let's take a chance
Let's fall in love
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I've never been in love. I've been so close, said those words, but never given my whole heart to someone. I can give my heart to complete strangers but not to someone I trust. My heart is made from the thinnest paper and get poked, ripped and crushed everyday. My heart is gone by the end of the day but is rebuilt overnight. Every night, I feel like dying. But, I don't. I will never. I pick myself up and continue with a smile on my face. People say I'm strong. I don't think so. It's just.. I care for everyone I meet. I can care about you until my heart is about to burst, but loving is a different story. My past has affected my future of being able to fall in love... I have faith that someday, someone can change this. I feel it, this feeling of hope.
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The compact car hums down the highway, letting fresh new cars pass by. The boy, driving, has a short hairstyle with sandy brown hair and sad golden eyes. The boy glances to his right at a girl staring out the side passenger window. The reaches over carefully with his right hand, intertwining his fingers with hers. The girl, styling a short razor blade hair cut and dull eyes, is startled and slowly turns her face toward him, showing her bruised cheek and neck. He stares at her cheek and cringes when she stares blankly into his eyes, as he glances from her to the road,"I'm sorry. I know I can change. Please, have faith in me." A shy smile is drawn upon the girl's face as she leans over and kisses his cheek,"I promise to never give up on you. I love you." The boy's left hand grips tight on the steering wheel, turning his knuckles white,"You know how I feel about those words." The girl's smile is replaced by a terrified expression as the boy swiftly removes his hand from hers and slaps the girl, adding dark red scratches onto the bruised cheek.