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Through the Lens

Through the Lens

a halo

in your eyes

it’s hard to say

good

bye

but that’s what

people do

don’t they

they say

i love you, too

and always will

and then they leave

you

where they found you

and you no longer

reach for fortune cookies

‘cause the message’s

never true

and all the dandelions

can keep their hair

from blowing in the wind

and all the candles

on the cake

can keep on burning

down the wick

and all the songs

can keep on singing

drowning on

and on

is it Fall already

no one can tell you

what life is like

only the dead know

what life is really like

at least that’s what they say

from

far

far

away

looking through a clear

unclouded lens

i dreamed last night

or was it

the night before

it was like a painting

in the sky

changing shape

like the clouds

i’m better now

not as angry

anymore

still angry

just not as angry

anymore

looking through the scope

and seeing what no one saw

and i cry for her

‘cause she was golden good

i watch what happened to her

and want to warn her

protect her

but i can’t

so i close my eyes

and go to her

in my time machine

and open the door

and pick her up

and carry her out

and put her

in a better

place in time

where she can

grow up safe

and unafraid

the clouds are on the move

the sun is on the rise

the rain has washed away

what was

a blade of grass

is never cut the same

way

like how a heart

breaks and bleeds

TL

Published inPoetry