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I used to believe in tenderness,

I thought I knew the meaning of endeared,

Then the hair became ruffled,

The mask removed,

What once was meaningful, what once was special,

Is no longer, is through,

With only fragmented tenets,

As the only memories I couldn’t bear remove,

At first I was in denial,

Astonished I could compile,

All the reflections,

Every observation,

Tied in nicely,

Vacuumed the grimace,

Distanced the clouds,

Yet none of this matters now,

As darkeness comforts from fist to heart,

A depression so easily renewed,

It didn’t mean a thing to you,

Not one crevice, not one speck of dirt,

So simple, your departure was,

No note, No warning,

Like a typographical error so effortlessly erased

Reminisce

Wandering through the forest,

Near my house and down the street,

I made my way as an innocent

Walking the shores of the empty creek,

Kicking stones with dragging feet,

Wondering many thoughts

So quiet if you stand completely still

The machines go blank seemingly at will

The trees sway to an unmarked rhythm

That dance through the leaves,

Casting stones, enchanted by the breeziness

Days like this I pretend

I’m not the man I am again

Travel backwards many years

To a place not too distant

Yet very far away,

To a time when I still had my full complement of tears

Reminisce, I do,

All alone,

Skipping stones

And breaking twigs,

Imagining I had you still