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Do You Remember?

January 30, 2014
By solemetlunam SILVER, Kyoto, Other
solemetlunam SILVER, Kyoto, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die" Buddha


I remember
the day I met you

Your hair long and blonde
with a tint of brown
whipping in your face

Mine short and curly
dark brown
waving around my ears

I knew...
Yes
I knew...

We played after we got home
You from your private school
Me from my public school

We talked and laughed
We fought and made up

You knew...
Yes
You knew too...

When I slept over at your house
Your mother made us spaghetti
I said my first grace there
as well as my first prayer

We knew...
Didn't we?
We knew...

When you spent the night
my mother made us Japanese food
you tried saying "Itadakimasu" for us
which was very nice of you

Do you remember?
I wonder
'Cause I do...

Then you left for another state
And on the day you moved away
we drew a picture of a turkey
because it was Thanksgiving

But we know...
Yes
We still know...

You are in my heart forever
and I am in yours
Maybe someday
we can be next door-neighbors
once again


The author's comments:
This is for my best friend when we were very little. 'Itadakimasu' means, 'I thankfully receive' in Japanese. In Japan, we say that before we eat!

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on May. 3 2014 at 4:49 pm
JessiBear777 BRONZE, Fort Worth, Texas
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It's a very touching poem, I really enjoyed it! It made me think very fondly of my close friends, both current ones and ones lost to me in time and distance, but never lost in thought.