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Where the cheerful childrenof unwritten poems, play all around, you will find me there.Khadija Rupa
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From all my dreams where you felt everlastingto all my clothes your words used to wear, to the old end, to the new beginning, you have lost me everywhere.Khadija Rupa
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But my world fell apart, and all they could do, the whole universe, was to silently move on.Khadija Rupa
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I will missmy chest explodingyou coming home latenot turning on the lightalways waking me up I will missthe sudden burst of safetywhen you look at meor hold my handor say something like”let’s go home” I will missthe years I loston something or someone. The pieces didn’t fit, shaped wrongthe timing slightly off. I loved you like I always will.Charlotte Eriksson
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But the rare herb, Forgetfulness, / It hides away from me.Jeanne Robert Foster
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But I hope you don’t feel the hurt as much as I did. You are too weak and fragile to stand that ache. Remember, you always will be.Khadija Rupa
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Please don’t tell me, it was less painful than a broken backbone, a forgotten poem, a lost home.Khadija Rupa