06 | black tupelo

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I wonder if you're a magician,
because
you played tricks on my heart.

I wonder if you're a doctor,
because
you bandaged up my flaws.

I wonder if you're a musician,
because
you created songs with my body.

I wonder if you're an artist,
because
you painted my true colors.

I wonder if you are a thief,
because
you stole my soul.

I wonder if you're an angel,
because
the next day,
the tree grew buds.

I wonder how he planted a new sapling
without
                 uprooting
                                      me.

And then I thought I finally made him smile,
before he became the   w   i   n   d,
And whooshed past for

       someone
                         else.

Leaving me, in a pile of
f
   a
       l
           l
               e
                   n
branches.

I guess I couldn't make him smile,
because I couldn't even even draw,
a
    smile
               of
                     my
                            own.

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