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I look at you In the photograph I keep in the corner of my room. I kiss your eye As I remember the way you smile And caress your cheeks And imagine your heavy breathing. I look at you In the photograph I kept in my back pocket Like a map a navigator should have To find himself Every time he’s lost at sea Knowing that there’s a “You” that lies ahead Knowing that there’s a “We” to share a bed. But circumstances aren’t like photographs. They change. And they will never be the same. This photograph In my hand Our memories use to fade Forgotten and unmoved The world walks faster than me Fear will sooner or later Eat me. Gulp me. And as I ran ahead Just to keep in line I just can’t stay Where you are all the time The photograph May fade But not your smile The photograph may fade But I’m still wearing the same smile
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Apr 8, 2013
Apr 8, 2013 at 10:48 AM UTC
Photograph (Inspired by Andrea Gibson)
I look at you In the photograph I keep in the corner of my room. I kiss your eye As I remember the way you smile And caress your cheeks And imagine your heavy breathing. I look at you In the photograph I kept in my back pocket Like a map a navigator should have To find himself Every time he’s lost at sea Knowing that there’s a “You” that lies ahead Knowing that there’s a “We” to share a bed. But circumstances aren’t like photographs. They change. And they will never be the same. This photograph In my hand Our memories use to fade Forgotten and unmoved The world walks faster than me Fear will sooner or later Eat me. Gulp me. And as I ran ahead Just to keep in line I just can’t stay Where you are all the time The photograph May fade But not your smile The photograph may fade But I’m still wearing the same smile
originally a spoken word poetry :D
emperor-icecream
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Apr 8, 2013
Apr 8, 2013 at 10:48 AM UTC
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