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Lungs Filled of Sand
September 6, 2013
before I met you
I was always petrified of the water
and the ocean was just a scary blue
and not the color of your eyes
and when I met you
my fear only worsened
because I was hopeless against the waves
and each day I felt myself
slowly and violently drowning in you.
but when you left
my lungs filled with sand
and I began suffocating in a endless drought
and the heat set me on fire from the inside out
and now I find myself
dying
for
a
swim.
© Kristin R., Los Altos, CA
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