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Camp Crush

September 8, 2022
By Anonymous

Time flees like the stars from a sunrise

It stretches like a horizon wide and bright

But moves quickly like a shadow

Oh how I wish I could have my timeline

Long and infinite

A moment of time suspended in a lifetime

But it was five days 

Five days for my heart which I had built cards around

To melt into nothingness

You were my camp crush

Nothing more than a passing emotion

A muse for me to forget myself into 

No chance of real love blossoming from a dead flower

But you were more than a breath of fresh air 

In the sticky concoction of sunscreen and insect repellent

A harsh click of pool balls attacking each other

When they ask about us

I will tell them about you with a smile plastered on

Concealing my heartbreak

Nothing but a slowly dwindling laugh

You were just a camp crush

Summer will fade away like her flowers

Sunlight

And warmth

This was never going to be our summer

There is no us

You were just a camp crush


The author's comments:

My name is Esosa Zuwa, and I am a writer and poet who aims to inspire people through stories. I love the feeling that good stories leave you, as they make you feel emotions and keep themselves in your heart. As someone who has felt that time and time again, I want to make other people feel that way too.


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Afra ELITE said...
on Sep. 22 2022 at 8:59 am
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Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."<br /> -Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

Esosa, I love how neat this was...Love the smooth flow!!!