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What I Could Never Be

January 3, 2022
By jjohnson3905 BRONZE, Franklin, Wisconsin
jjohnson3905 BRONZE, Franklin, Wisconsin
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I shivered, you shook

I look to you and your eyes entreat

My breath wasn’t hot anymore

I ran for your aid

Like a roadrunner sprinting across the finish line

You stayed

Sleeping like the tortuous at the start of the book

Instead, however, you would never cross that finish line

At least, definitely not first

I wept, alerting those of your state

Wishing I were the one that late

I stood on my legs remembering

Every ounce of you

Before I forgot again

Because I am a dog who shouldn’t feel 

And you were the human who didn’t heal



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Lydiaq ELITE said...
on Jan. 9 2022 at 7:38 pm
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.<br /> --me

I really like those last two lines!