Your birthday is in September,<\/p>\n
When the leaves fade to sunset colors,<\/p>\n
and I sing<\/p>\n
“Wake Me Up When September Ends.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Each day<\/p>\n
I wish you are here.<\/p>\n
I still check my phone<\/p>\n
when a phantom buzz vibrates<\/p>\n
and there’s no sign of you.<\/p>\n
All I hear is:<\/p>\n
“Nothing Else Matters.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I can’t help<\/p>\n
but stand still in a moving world,<\/p>\n
and hum your favorite songs<\/p>\n
thinking:<\/p>\n
Why am I talking to the Moon?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
One again<\/p>\n
I hear an echo in my heart,<\/p>\n
and pray that<\/p>\n
you found your<\/p>\n
“Stairway to Heaven”<\/p>\n
and not the<\/p>\n
“Highway to Hell”.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Because you lived your life.<\/p>\n
you were my jukebox hero.<\/p>\n
When these songs on repeat,<\/p>\n
I cry out that you’re<\/p>\n
“So Far Away.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And wish once again<\/p>\n
that you were here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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