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Just a Photograph

She wanted to be free

but she left without a word

How could she?

Now flying free as a bird

 

I must have mistaken

her beautiful face

for an everlasting one

 

Her smile lines still burned into my thoughts

Her kind eyes still trace the lines of my face

Her warm heart kindles mine

 

I think of a time

I lay on her shoulder,

her bones hurt my face

but I dont move

I just want to be close to her

 

Her presence is unmistakable

Tall, wafish figure

Pearl white teeth, straight and perfect

Oh, how I miss that smile

Everyone stops to stare

Her head is high, her chin is raised

She is a walking statue of liberty

 

But she was weak

Her beautiful smile now just a photograph

Her warm heart just a memory

And I am broken

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valerie-brooke
American
Published
Jan 25, 2010
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