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 Mar 2014 Holly
Megan Grace
I drove past that place
where we went to see
the fireworks and there
was some ghost of me
leaning against a ghost
of you. I saw myself
grumble "we missed
them" into your navy
striped shirt, watched
you kiss my forehead
and whisper "we'll find
others, beautiful. there
are always others."
 Mar 2014 Holly
hkr
took me awhile
 Mar 2014 Holly
hkr
i've found it's impossible to
let go of someone
who's standing
across the room.
i was trying to let go of him while we were sitting in the same classroom, or bumping into each other in the dining hall, or sleeping in our separate beds at opposite ends of the campus. but the truth is we were too close. you can't let go of someone when they're so close to you, when you know you could run into them by just walking down the street. knowing i'll never see him again is all at once comforting and terrifying, because i'll always wonder what would've happened if i'd stayed. if we'd always been just a short walk apart.
 Mar 2014 Holly
shåi
changes
 Mar 2014 Holly
shåi
its quite funny
how people change
you think you know them
but you dont

its like
you just never know
what to expect

people change
they change all around you
like the leaves of fall
signifing the forthcoming winter

people just come and go
you need to learn to expect it
sometime they just leave your life
for no just reason

but sometimes life
doesnt give you
all the answers

(b.d.s.)
 Mar 2014 Holly
Emily
Incurable
 Mar 2014 Holly
Emily
It just takes a second
And you've popped back into my head
As if you never even left
It just takes one glimpse
One look at your photograph
And I'm awestruck with how beautiful you are
The image of you takes over
It's always been difficult to understand
The painful longing I have for you  
No, you're not mine
But when I lay my head down at night
That's when you enter my mind
That's when the fantasies begin to take form
When I am no longer in the present
But I'm transported to where
The back of my mind often lingers
A place where you surrender yourself to me
Mind, body, and soul
And my one purpose
Is to make you feel happiness and pleasure
With every breath you take
And every move you make
It's a misfortune
It's a tragedy
How you'll probably never be the one for me
And how I'll most likely never in my life
Get to relish in the fact that I hold the key to your happiness
I believe that I'll forever feel this dissatisfaction
This sickness
There is no cure
If I can't have you
© Willa 2014
 Mar 2014 Holly
tranquil
spring
 Mar 2014 Holly
tranquil
jasmine streams fill the soul
lilacs vivid sing
poetry by shallow brooks
see how comes the spring

syllables resting on lips
be tinged in reprise
may deepening twilight be
melted into your eyes

by traces of this lake
few tales candidly string
through brightest flowy blossoms
see how comes the spring

how silken breezes drown
fuse in sun's saffron arms
may tulips finest be
paled against your charms

amidst nature's romance
restless orioles sing
crooning by shallow brooks
see how comes the spring
 Mar 2014 Holly
Julia
Too Young
 Mar 2014 Holly
Julia
You were so young
Oh, so young
Why did it have to be you?
We may never understand
The timing of The Lord
It's safe to say that this time
I will never understand
You were so young
You were so loving
And you were loved
I never wanted to see
All of those people gathered
In that too small church
For that reason
You were so young
None of us down here
Will ever forget you up there
A privilege to know you
A blessing beyond compare
To know that being your
Friend,
Sister,
Daughter,
Granddaughter,
Niece,
Lover,
And everything in between
Meant having memorable times
And endless laughter
Now there are just tears
You were too young
*jm
One smile from her could brighten anyone's day. I'd give anything to see it again.
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