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Eli From Indiana

May 20, 2013
By cannellelis SILVER, Malibu, California
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Favorite Quote:
"I was never insane, except upon occasions when my heart was touched." -Edgar Allan Poe

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You’ll have a child soon.
I had no idea
Such a huge truth
Belonged to you.
I had no idea
Such a large lie was
Behind your smile
And tired eyes.
Eli,
Just nineteen.
You brought me out
Of the depths of my sadness
Then let go
And I tumbled.
I just didn’t know.
I just didn’t know.

We both
Slit our wrists.
I hadn’t yet been kissed
And you talked to me
Anyway.
There was no façade,
I was real.
You shared a part of you
That was honest
And left behind the mess
That wasn’t my business
Until you left
With few words,
And now we’ll never speak again.

© Andrea E.,Phoenix, AZ

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