A Place I'd Seen

a poem

Back before this all began

I had it figured who I am

my heart was fresh—a soul anew

not really though ‘til I met you

you took me to a place I’d seen

some distant long-forgotten dream

it was my ghastly self-told lie

but how, oh how, my heart did fly

to lose you then was all too much

we’d only started—not enough

for time on end I sat in silence

praying you’d come quell the violence

that prayer, a hope, an anguished cry

some comfort for a broken mind

it’s all a lie, told ever still

you never came—you never will

but losses cut are chances gained

so let’s just never speak again

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