8\/6\/17 4:31am
\nDon’t Cry<\/p>\n
Do you remember the way things were when we first met?
\nRoller-coasters beneath fireworks and every day was a celebration.
\nEvery day was an anniversary, an outpouring display,
\nOf all of our shiniest bits. The ones that I like to nibble on.
\nMaking love inside tents while rain dripped down through the trees,
\nAll my memories of you are reels on repeat of giggling and holding each other close.
\nWalking across hot coals in your dad’s back yard. Climbing through the woods.
\nYou and I were always climbing, but then there came a shift; I didn’t feel the hand reach back for me.
\nI don’t know when it was that I grasped forward and felt my palms fly through the air,
\nBut suddenly you weren’t there and I turned into a gnashing and resentful whirl wind,
\nOf drinking myself stupid and watching the clock expectantly.
\nI miss the way we used to be. I miss the empty apartment with one couch,
\nOur room just a few boxes on the floor in the corner. I miss the way things were,
\nBefore this became our present. I miss the calmness of your presence like a
\nSan Diego ocean lulling me to sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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