title: Romantically Disturbed: Love Poems to Rip Your Heart Out (Literally Disturbed)
author: Ben H. Winters
description: Ben H. Winters lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Follow Ben on Twitter @BenHWinters.
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  **Chapter 1**
  
  Life didn’t even feel real.
  
  Exhaustion as thick and sweet as honey trapped me and wanted to pull me down,
  but the sensation of being buoyed on either side kept me from falling into
  unconsciousness.
  
  A pair of soft hands feathered through my hair, and another pair flowed down
  my chest like water and massaged the area over my heart.
  
  The combined scent of ginger lilies and fresh clovers filled my sense of
  smell, and I hummed low in my throat.
  
  “Alex…” a voice as clear and cool as water called me toward the surface.
  
  “Aleeex,” sang another voice, which was as vibrant as a flame and as melodious
  as a nightingale.
  
  I frowned because I didn’t want to leave the