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December 13, 2016
By amihil00 BRONZE, Alamogordo, New Mexico
amihil00 BRONZE, Alamogordo, New Mexico
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Favorite Quote:
"Once people fall in love, they become liars." -Harlan Ellison


Your eyes twinkle like the starry twilight,
Captivating me like the harvest moon.
The bittersweet smell of autumn’s monsoon
Lingering in my bedroom overnight,
While I’m by myself in the dead of night
Reminds me of how you left me so soon
To travel the country chasing Neptune.
Your true entity revealed in limelight.

Oh, how I wish you hadn’t run away.
So you couldn’t come back blaming me
And there would have never been another.
Oh, how I wish you’d had the guts to stay.
So you wouldn’t have to come in and see
That you could’ve been a better mother.


The author's comments:

My mother and I have a very estranged relationship. This poem was inspired by her absense because of her dreams to be a famous musician. Then her sudden reappearance and decision to be my mom after I was 14.


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