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Letting Go MAG

November 4, 2014
By asofnow GOLD, Troy, Michigan
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asofnow GOLD, Troy, Michigan
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Nothing gold can stay ~ Robert Frost

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My eyes unwavering like steady
Christmas lights,
watching you drift away like balloons,
and my fingertips,
fingernails bitten down to the very tips,
stretch in an absolute attempt to reach you.
Our chapped lips puckered up to make
O’s that reverberate and rebound off
these bland walls,
the ones our echoes used to color.
Now the only color I see
from the corner of my iris is your
misshapen form, like a balloon drifting to
infinity.
I crane my neck, cramps forming
in the hollows of my throat and chest;
you are a dot against cumulonimbus clouds.

© Simone P., Summerville, SC

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JRaye PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 16 2015 at 9:50 am
JRaye PLATINUM, Dorr, Michigan
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&quot;If you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, &#039;I just don&#039;t care.&#039;?&quot;

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I really like this :) The imagery is fantastic, the message behind is so beautiful...well done