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Dec 2012
And I close my eyes
Memories run violently
Horses in panic

Beating their hooves down
Into charred soil from a fire
Run to safe havens

My eyes open now
I feel panic and wild flames
And then I will run

Towards what I want most
While inferno licks my heels
Telling me I'm wrong

Running to defeat
Repetition isn't new
I always need you

Admitting to that
Sends fires to burn away
Killing memories

My eyes close again
Thoughts and dreams of us are gone
No longer bonded

And maybe that is
What scares me the most here, now
You're no longer here

A ghost of the past
But can't haunt my sleep, my dreams
Your presence is dead

I worry that I'll
Forget you all together
Because we are through

You are out of sight
I don't have to close my eyes
You are out of mind

And I am afraid
Losing you all together
Do I care or not?
This haiku was written in 2009, 2010 about a guy that I had broken up with. It was mutual but it hit me hard nonetheless; I was heart broken. He wouldn't speak to nor acknowledge me, therefore I felt I only had memories left. I felt so dumb for being so hung up over a guy who wanted nothing to do with me, and admitting to it was defeating. So cliche, but I'd close my eyes and see him. I didn't want to, but that's what happened nonetheless.
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