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Watching You

June 17, 2013
By lylacks SILVER, Erie, Pennsylvania
lylacks SILVER, Erie, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"She felt as if she knew the stars, and had been among them, or would be." -- Mark Helprin


He can't see me, but I'm there.
He can't feel me, yet I touch him.

I don't mind when he flirts with other girls, it's what I wanted him to do.
On his wedding day, I sit in the front row, crying for happiness.
When he delivered his first baby, I held her forever.
When his wife had a miscarriage, I cried for days.

I sit on his couch and watch TV with them. I attend all of his daughter's school functions. I ride in the car when they go on vacations. I am with him everywhere.

I welcomed him to heaven one night, when he was seventy-two. He still looked like the sixteen year old I fell in love with. When he asked what I've been up too, I answered:
"Watching you."



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lylacks SILVER said...
on Jul. 28 2013 at 10:15 am
lylacks SILVER, Erie, Pennsylvania
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"She felt as if she knew the stars, and had been among them, or would be." -- Mark Helprin

Aww, thank you! :)

on Jun. 26 2013 at 12:46 pm
Luxy_Reese PLATINUM, Grand Forks, North Dakota
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Favorite Quote:
Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.

I love this!  Its well written, short and sweet, and has quite the poetic qualities.  It leaves the hint of mystery in the air, and thats my favorite part.