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Old Friends, New Tears
My mind begins to wander
how much my friends have changed.
Will they be thick or thin? Tall or short?
Will the have dyed their hair?
I won’t know
till I walk through these old, red doors.
I see bright faces. Full of joy.
All of the noise around us
drowns out
and I can see the glitter in their eyes.
My heart beats faster,
and faster,
and faster.
I’ve zoned out looking into the faces of old,
forgotten, memories.
I can see the new stories in their eyes.
They want to tell me. But I can’t listen.
I don’t want to listen.
They have moved on, to better things.
I was gone, and they forgot about me.
I went left
as they went right.
I can feel the sorrow clawing its way out of me.
The glitter in their eyes falls away.
Warm, soft arms embrace me.
I can feel the heat from their bones
radiate through my flesh.
What happened to me?
How did I lose myself
and not even realize
I was gone?
How could these people bring these feeling out of me
without a sound coming from their lips?
I’ve lost the war.
The world has won.
It took me years ago
when I turned left and these people went right.
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