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I Wonder

I noticed you were getting upset

Because your face was redder than a tomato

When you told me about that little girl

About what her brother did to her

Across the street

In the backyard shed

He was a teenager

But she was only six years old

You said:

*I was really young and I didn't know what to do

I just walked away

I wonder who she is now...

Where she is now...

If she's anywhere at all

I wonder if I had said something...*

That's when you started to get really choked up

There was a long pause

So long that I almost didn't think you were going to finish your thought

But you managed to get it out

You said, "I wonder if it would have made a difference"

 

That made me think about that day again

The worst day

The day he died

I saw him, and I walked right past

I got that tugging feeling but I ignored it

I just walked away

I wonder who he would have been today...

Where he is now...

If he's anywhere at all...

And everyday I wonder

I wonder if I had said something...

If it would have made a difference

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brittani
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Feb 3, 2017
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