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missing things Oct. 26, 2013

 



 

You can feel it in the air you breathe

This thing that floats around us,

And gets inside us,

And flows through us with our blood

A thing that is not us

Yet becomes us,

Taking us over

From the inside out,

Altering how we think

Or live

Or act,

Not love, not any more,

Something that dresses up as love

And fools us into believing it is.

Though now, a whole year or so later

The feeling persists,

Of missed things,

Opportunities recklessly cast away

Leaving a bitter landscape

When trust is a stranger

And hope an illusion,

Knowing this is on the brink

Of some greater chapter,

We cannot specifically predict,

Yet feel its motion,

Like a freight train

Rushing around inside of us,

Looking for a way to burst out,

Each day a bit closer

To a conclusion we do not wish

To occur, yet feel coming,

Inevitably

And she

On the forefront

Waiting

 


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