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July 3, 2022
By piperw811 PLATINUM, Pittsford, New York
piperw811 PLATINUM, Pittsford, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"chemistry between people is the strangest science of all" - Bridgett Devoue


the day has shifted three feet to the left

 

there are flowers you forgot to water

                                     graves you never visit

 

a blink of your glazed-over eyes and they leave

wave goodbye, see you again?

 

give them a hug for the first and last time

except you only realize it’s so

once that moment

                                                has passed you by

 

they felt safe, you think

            maybe it would be nice

            to stay here a while

 

but savoring moments is a childhood luxury

 

so you watch the airplanes take off

and hope you’re still watching them

like you do

from a distance

 

with the same reverence you think you used to

missing them

behind windows

or beyond clouds

it’s still the same, really

 

you remember people like them with their hidden cracks healed

filled in with hopes dreams memories fantasies

 

would you tell me stories about them?

                        about who you want them to have been?


The author's comments:

having to say goodbye to people i've only just gotten close to...i didn't know it would be this hard.


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