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A Face I Used to Know

His is a face I used to know

One I used to touch,

paint with light,

place my mouth and tongue over

and cover with pure love

 

Once I obsessed over that face

I saw it every time I closed my eyes,

it made sleep all I wanted

Night time was the best time,

because it was consumed by him

 

His was the one in the moon

Same cool smirk and wandering eyes

He pulled me in

I was his ocean, and the tide was always high

 

Now he's a mirage,

just a small piece of what I was

A single square of my life's puzzle

because his face is different now,

a little healthier,

a little less worry,

now that I'm not around,

ever since I let him go

 

His face fades a little more everyday,

continuously becoming less real,

just a dream within a dream,

a fragment of my imagination

 

Soon he'll be gone

and that face,

the one I loved so tenderly,

will leave my moon alone,

to fill another sky

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liz-devine
American
Published
Jan 8, 2012
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