Independence

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ᴏɴᴄᴇ, ɪ ᴡɪsʜᴇᴅ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴘᴜʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ғʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɪɴᴅᴇᴘᴇɴᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ,  
ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ.  
ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪ ᴡᴇᴀʀ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ, ᴀ sɪɢɴᴀʟ ᴛᴏ ʙʀɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴀʀ?  
ɪ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴛʀᴜʟʏ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴀᴄᴋ; ɪᴛ’s ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʟɪɴɢᴇʀs.  
ɪ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʙsᴇɴᴄᴇ ғᴇᴇʟs sʜᴀʀᴘᴇʀ ɴᴏᴡ.  
ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ᴡᴀs ʜᴀʀᴅ,  
ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴏᴅʙʏᴇ ᴡᴀs sᴀɪᴅ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀɢᴏ.**
ᴄᴀɴ ᴡᴇ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ, ᴘʀᴇᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ sᴛɪʟʟ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅs?  
ᴊᴜsᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ᴄᴀɴ ᴡᴇ ᴛᴀʟᴋ,  
ʟɪsᴛᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sɪʟʟʏ sᴏɴɢ,  
ᴡᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ᴀɪᴍʟᴇssʟʏ, sɪᴅᴇ ʙʏ sɪᴅᴇ?  
ᴄᴀɴ ᴡᴇ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʀɢᴜᴇ,  
sᴏ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ғɪɴᴀʟʟʏ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟ ʏᴏᴜ?  
ᴡʜʏ ᴅɪᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀʟʟ ғᴇᴇʟ sᴏ ғᴀʟsᴇ, sᴏ ᴜɴᴛʀᴜᴇ?**
ᴄᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ?  
ᴄᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ,  
ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴍᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜɪs ʜᴇᴀᴠʏ ᴘᴀᴜsᴇ?

  • Author: Li (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 17th, 2024 13:38
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • sorenbarrett

    Mixed feeling come through in this poem of past loss and nostalgia.

  • Tony36

    Excellent write



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