Title: Not Home
Author: E-Saint, 2004

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State of the art speakers,
newly installed cd player,
I listen to the music
you left when you left home.
I get sad. I remember
you singing in your dark room,
with the music as loud
as the speakers allowed.
Lying down in your hammock,
I remember you singing
the cool music you dug up
from the most hidden shelf.
The speakers and the player
are no longer that edgy.
It's been several christmases
since you installed them for me.
I never knew how much
would be lost when you left us,
how far away you'd be.
But I believe I knew you
and that you've lost yourself.
On the very same day
that you abandoned that music,
you forgot all the brightness
of your old darkened room.