While day dreaming  on

our favorite beach,

I stopped then

picked up

a  peculiar

shell that most

reminded me

of you,


and put it to

my heart....

silence...


not even

the slightest

stir of

of somebody

home

to greet me.


you had

apparently left

long ago.

from this beach

that we used to

walk incessantly

for hours upon

hours to

summer’s

past serenades.


and now I am

the one only

left holding

this shell.


that no

longer fits

the two

of us.


like a poor

clown’s costume,


shoes too big,

nose too red,

smile turned

upside down

upon my

face.


and I miss

you.





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