To the Stars and Back

Yesterday
An old man with
Sad eyes
Smiled at me
Reminded me of
all these things
I told myself
I didn't want.
I am haunted by
Kisses I thought
I had forgotten...
by words I regret
years later...
Memories no one else
Can understand because
They're the only memories
That really were just yours
And mine.
If I had known
You were hanging by a thread
I would have helped you down.
If I had known that my hugs
Mattered
I would have held on tighter.
If I had known you were so fragile
I would not be broken now.
No one wants to know
That once upon a time,
I loved you to the stars
And back again.
And no one ever will
Because you
Are silent now.
~colette

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people know. and they know it matters. all that matters is that it matters to you. and how you hold on to the memories that remain. ~*~
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Thank you. From the very bottom of my heart, thank you.
~colette
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this had a beauty all its own, Colette, i was left thinking of my relationships with the people i love and how maybe i need to listen closer.
~Sam
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Beautiful. *Michelle*