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Before I saw you, I thought that angels didn't exist. Before I saw you, I thought that hope was just a empty word, with a meaning that was ripped out of the dictionary in my mind. Before I saw you, I was lost, confused, wandering off the road that everyone at least, seemed to be on, Seemed to know what a road was, Even if they were on the "wrong one" as my preschool teacher used to call it but I think I was the only one who raised my hand in class and said- "Teacher! That doesn't make sense!" Before I saw you, Music was just notes on paper, Something for me to hum and string along on the viola. Before I saw you, stories were just stories, And not keys to worlds beyond my fairest imagination. Before I saw you, The key to the word "love" was locked Thrown somewhere on a ***** train track that you fearlessly went on and saw and you brought the key back to me saying with a smile on your smudged face "Here. I think this is yours." Before I saw you, I think I was just living life for the sake of living, just eating for the sake of surviving, Just studying for the sake of pride, Until I met you. When I met you, The world had color. A fierce rouge for sunset and lipstick for women a dark hue that wasn't exactly "black as night" as they called it A gleaming, neon green that was the color of the hideous jumpsuit you wore for track just once When I met you, The word myself had a different meaning, and the broken dictionary that was in my mind fell apart. When I met you, I learned the meaning of catching all the Pokémon in the game Pokémon Emerald that I always borrowed, but never returned, but you didn't care, did you? (Oh look the word Pokémon is in spell-check) When I met you- I learned how to write poems- Mainly because you dragged me to that poetry writing class that you always went to. When I met you, I thought, beautiful Infallible Unbreakable **Until the day when you left me Here alone in the dark.**
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Jul 30, 2013
Jul 30, 2013 at 4:24 PM UTC
Until I met you
Before I saw you, I thought that angels didn't exist. Before I saw you, I thought that hope was just a empty word, with a meaning that was ripped out of the dictionary in my mind. Before I saw you, I was lost, confused, wandering off the road that everyone at least, seemed to be on, Seemed to know what a road was, Even if they were on the "wrong one" as my preschool teacher used to call it but I think I was the only one who raised my hand in class and said- "Teacher! That doesn't make sense!" Before I saw you, Music was just notes on paper, Something for me to hum and string along on the viola. Before I saw you, stories were just stories, And not keys to worlds beyond my fairest imagination. Before I saw you, The key to the word "love" was locked Thrown somewhere on a ***** train track that you fearlessly went on and saw and you brought the key back to me saying with a smile on your smudged face "Here. I think this is yours." Before I saw you, I think I was just living life for the sake of living, just eating for the sake of surviving, Just studying for the sake of pride, Until I met you. When I met you, The world had color. A fierce rouge for sunset and lipstick for women a dark hue that wasn't exactly "black as night" as they called it A gleaming, neon green that was the color of the hideous jumpsuit you wore for track just once When I met you, The word myself had a different meaning, and the broken dictionary that was in my mind fell apart. When I met you, I learned the meaning of catching all the Pokémon in the game Pokémon Emerald that I always borrowed, but never returned, but you didn't care, did you? (Oh look the word Pokémon is in spell-check) When I met you- I learned how to write poems- Mainly because you dragged me to that poetry writing class that you always went to. When I met you, I thought, beautiful Infallible Unbreakable **Until the day when you left me Here alone in the dark.**
kathy-z
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Jul 30, 2013
Jul 30, 2013 at 4:24 PM UTC
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