i said i would wait for you

but I guess i waited too long

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we met in the park, like it was

our first time.

"it's been so long," you say, smiling.  

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i've forgotten that smile.

it's been too long.  

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i nod, smiling and reply, "yes, it has."

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"how've you been?"

"good and bad"

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"bad?" he asks, raising an eyebrow.

of course, he wouldn't know

"bad," you repeat, letting your eyes wander across the sky.

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your eyes focus on the withered leaf on a tattered tree,

waiting to fall from its branch,
waiting for its time to go,
waiting to let go.


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