09.27.21
And I will never be the person
who'd make your morning coffee
and breakfast in bed nor the one
who'd embrace you at night.
I will never be the woman fetching
your kids at school nor the one you'd
come home when you are done at work.
Because I will always be someone
from the past to where you once
dwelled your pain and heartaches.
I will always be someone who
was there in your transitions
but not someone who would
gain the benefit of it.
—georginariver
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Rhymes & Reasons
PoesiaThe sun sets and the moon rises, but your absence stays still. August slips like a blink and winter should have been colder, but summer memories warm my endless nights. First love never lasts and so does us, but the way I love you at sixteen always...
