Friday, April 29, 2011

Absent - by Rand

I was
afraid
that
I would
arrive to
find you
missing

so I
decided
to stay
where
I was
and send
you this
note

Hoping
you might
meet me
here so
we might
both be
missed
together

2 comments:

  1. You say it's all fine,
    That you're okay,
    And I don't know what to say
    What to do
    Because I know you're lying,
    In shock,
    In denial.
    I know it's not "all fine"
    When you lose a life
    You've carried for it-doesn't-matter-how-long.
    Curse me for a fool,
    For not being there for you,
    Sister.
    I should be there with you,
    But instead I'm far south
    Whilst you are north.
    It's only now
    That I truly hate this life fighting choice,
    This life freedom fighting, right defending choice
    That makes me absent from you...
    ------------------------------------inspired by the call I got yesterday evening from my best friend telling me she lost her baby, and the fact that she's in Minnesota while I am in Florida learning the skills I will need to know for the next four years of my career.

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  2. Lying hot on the tweed couch with makes my sensitive skin itch.

    Drinking Sunny Delight and dozing.

    Watching Sale of the Century and The Match Game and Card Sharks.

    Wishing my fever would go away but very happy to be absent from school.

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