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opposite sides of forever
pigtailed five year old
bare feet leaving deep tracks
in the muddy backyard
hand-me-down overalls
trees climbed
fences jumped
knees skinned
intrinsically pure
unmarred by the indelible truth
that the world is unkind
back when you were still tangible
before the only things i had left of you
were my blue eyes that mirrored your own
the ever present looming
of your absence
the fading whisper of your voice
telling me you’re proud
the christmas cards we still
don’t know what to do with
the spiderman bedsheets
we’ll never get rid of
the superhero cape
you never took off
the memory of the little boy you were
and the yearning for the adult you’ll never be
i am the culmination of
all the lessons
you never got to teach me
the aftershock of the havoc
wreaked upon our childhood
the wake of the
years we shared
~avery-grace payne
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