is it bad that I stopped at the park
on my way home
to watch people release sky lanterns?
because it made me think of you...
it made me think
*that if you were walking me home,
we'd look up at the sky
and follow the direction that
these things were coming from
and find ourselves joining them too
but instead I found myself
alone
following that direction
hoping that if I set this lantern free
my thoughts of you would disappear
into the sky
along with it
thanks a lot, silly little sky lantern
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