Tell me a Story with a Happy Ending
we are
but a memory
too complex
to be captured
on camera
of places
we’ve been
of people
we’ve met
of moments
too big
to be small
a shared experience
of being
that we carry
within us
all the emotions
that flow
suspended
in time
i’ve looked
in the eyes
of creatures
big and small
who will go
before
or after
they do not dwell
less they’ve outlived
their shell
their exterior being
traveling alone now
lost in the maze of the mind
the sunlight dappling
through the clouds
running like a child
through the rain
we meet at the river
and watch the leaves fall
from sticks
and sail away
quiet
unto the sea
it was good to be here
with you
and all the memories
stacked like books
too many to read
at once
the pages blur together
blank
like the beginning
before there was a word
a story … to tell
and remember
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