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Can't Let Go

March 4, 2016
By 19lp01 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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I was taught
That like 
Warm sand
On summer beaches 
The harder 
You squeeze it
The faster it leaves
Your fist,
Maybe that’s why 
Whenever I held 
Your hand 
I never
Closed my fingers
All the way.

© Elizabeth M., Kannapolis, NC

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