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Happy Birthday, Goodbye
May 19, 2012
You ran your hands along the side of my face
Lovingly, subtly, dangerously,
Up to my ears.
You told me
Softly, beautifully, mischievously,
How you loved how I didn't have them pierced.
But when I reached 18 years
Quickly, horribly, longingly,
I stuck pins into my flesh.
And now I have these holes
Tauntingly, laughingly, mockingly
Gaping at the side of my face.
All they do is remind me,
Hauntingly, depressingly, foolishly
Of where your hands once ran.
And I can't hear your voice
Deeply, fiercely, endlessly
Telling me you love me anymore.
© Shana G., Cross Plains, WI
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