When I Think of You (All the Time)

in #poetry4 years ago



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When I think of you
I see summer
Even though
Your colours are autumn;


I see sunlight
And dark pools.

I see
Your white freckled skin
And huge eyes
I’m always falling in.


I see us on bicycles
One time only
By the park,

You told me then
You hated bicycles
And ice skates—

All the things
I was good at
But you liked to dance—

I passed on that


One summer evening
At the end of the week
We got home
Late from work.

We fell on the bed
And you were soon
Fast asleep…

And I lay there
Listening to you breathe.


A star
Outside our window
Smiled down on us
And forgave us our youth

As I forgave you
Hating bicycles
And ice skates
And being good at something
That mattered little to me…

And happily lay there
Listening to you breathe.



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