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I thought of you last night, those memories so sweet of our past so passionate. The kisses I would hold back just to get you closer to me, it was the game I played that made me smile inside every time. I thought of the beginning... the jazzy music, there was that cold night air, by the car last year... There was that thump-thump-thumping in my chest when I envisioned us together; the intensity of the game I played. We would walk around the city, you knew me, and I knew you. The problem was just that you apparently knew us...and I did not. We met each others parents and all was sublime, but just like me, I felt that...tension. I never let you know, I was always the perfect guy--or at least I thought so. Finally, it came to a sunny day, and as you squeezed my hand and stared up into my eyes...you told me...I didn't have to say anything back...?? You said, "I love you." At that point I truly was not sure WHAT to say back, what to say back that would be honest. I held you and kissed your hair--and grimaced on the inside with fear--I didn't say anything back. Only thump-thump-thump... A couple weeks later that uncertainty's pressure had built, and to say goodbye to you was all I could do. I appeared in your doorway without a warning, and the words like acid stumbled from my lips and corroded your fragile figure. There was no talk after that, your bright and flower-like persona froze whenever I came around. Smiles found their ways to frowns. I had to leave the town. Last night I had a memory of you, and today a friend called to say they saw you... I heard you asked about me. Now I wonder if last night and today have found coincidence among each other... or am I just the hopeful fool?
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Feb 16, 2010
Feb 16, 2010 at 7:13 PM UTC
Coincidence of Memory
I thought of you last night, those memories so sweet of our past so passionate. The kisses I would hold back just to get you closer to me, it was the game I played that made me smile inside every time. I thought of the beginning... the jazzy music, there was that cold night air, by the car last year... There was that thump-thump-thumping in my chest when I envisioned us together; the intensity of the game I played. We would walk around the city, you knew me, and I knew you. The problem was just that you apparently knew us...and I did not. We met each others parents and all was sublime, but just like me, I felt that...tension. I never let you know, I was always the perfect guy--or at least I thought so. Finally, it came to a sunny day, and as you squeezed my hand and stared up into my eyes...you told me...I didn't have to say anything back...?? You said, "I love you." At that point I truly was not sure WHAT to say back, what to say back that would be honest. I held you and kissed your hair--and grimaced on the inside with fear--I didn't say anything back. Only thump-thump-thump... A couple weeks later that uncertainty's pressure had built, and to say goodbye to you was all I could do. I appeared in your doorway without a warning, and the words like acid stumbled from my lips and corroded your fragile figure. There was no talk after that, your bright and flower-like persona froze whenever I came around. Smiles found their ways to frowns. I had to leave the town. Last night I had a memory of you, and today a friend called to say they saw you... I heard you asked about me. Now I wonder if last night and today have found coincidence among each other... or am I just the hopeful fool?
from experience: you can never go "home." What I have gotten from moving back and forth is that most of the time places/people are changing quite a bit, so if you are looking to return to a great situation from the past...best think about it again, and do a little more research. Maybe I need to take my own advice on this one...
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Feb 16, 2010
Feb 16, 2010 at 7:13 PM UTC
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