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I was told that that average heart is about the size of the owner's fist So I would grab handfuls of dirt And grass And sand But it would all slip through my fingers, and I was worried that people were the same  The more I tried to hold on, The  tighter my grip, The more I reached out to them  The more they slipped away I thought that changed when I met you I reached out to you, and you didn't slip away  I could grab your hand, feel your fingers with mine, and you would hold it right back  When I held your hand, I could almost feel my heart swell as if it doubled its size But there were other things I held on to, Not plausible or visible things Things like the sound of your laugh and the sound of your voice, Your real smile that came out rarely, which just made it even more beautiful when it appeared  But you slipped out of my grasp She took your hand from mine, and she ran with it And you went with her What did I do to make you slip away? How did I let you slip away?
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Nov 13, 2013
Nov 13, 2013 at 4:43 PM UTC
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I was told that that average heart is about the size of the owner's fist So I would grab handfuls of dirt And grass And sand But it would all slip through my fingers, and I was worried that people were the same  The more I tried to hold on, The  tighter my grip, The more I reached out to them  The more they slipped away I thought that changed when I met you I reached out to you, and you didn't slip away  I could grab your hand, feel your fingers with mine, and you would hold it right back  When I held your hand, I could almost feel my heart swell as if it doubled its size But there were other things I held on to, Not plausible or visible things Things like the sound of your laugh and the sound of your voice, Your real smile that came out rarely, which just made it even more beautiful when it appeared  But you slipped out of my grasp She took your hand from mine, and she ran with it And you went with her What did I do to make you slip away? How did I let you slip away?
Part 1 of 'poems-I-wrote-last-year-but-forgot-to-post-and-just-found'
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Nov 13, 2013
Nov 13, 2013 at 4:43 PM UTC
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