Teacher
heard
her heels
click, click, click
on out the door
four years
up and down the hall
heard
her heels
click, click, click
seemed she
always knew
where she was going
click, click, click
a planner by nature
a worrier by birth
a corrector by habit
she was a mentor
to a kid
who needed mentoring
and the books
she gave
were magic
“It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times …”
and I’ve missed her
O how much
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20
New Year’s
day
is March
to me
always be
March
to me
dead …what was that
didn’t know
that
20 thought she knew
1+1 makes 2
and if you
cross the t
and dot the i
somehow
you’d dodge
that bullet
but down went
20
hit the cement
cold
body got up
as bodies do
but inside
got stuck
as insides do
stuck in the moment
‘cause you left me
hanging
on the line …
and i’m still
holding the phone
‘cause you said
you’d be home
and i’ve waited
for you
to come home
20 years
now
you know
i know
and when
i’d go
to your grave
and sit in
your blade
wasn’t to see you
you know
’cause i knew
you weren’t there
but the girl i knew
was
the me
i was
with you
will always
be
there
and i thought
about the ticket
and getting on
that plane
and going
to see her
today
but see
i have
her now
and she
needs me
you know
the way
i needed you
and she
loves her daddy
the way
i loved you …
love you
still
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