LONG GONE

Everything we shared,
Where is it now?
The laughter, the smiles, the tears,
Have you forgotten them?
How could you?
This isn't the way this is going to end,
It just can't!
I won't let you close the door,
Erase the memories.
I never meant the cruel words I threw at you.
Please understand.
Hear me out.
Even if you leave,
After you're long gone.
I'll still turn the memory book pages in my mind,
And remember it all.
So leave if you want,
Hurt me if you will,
Forget me if you can.
But, in my mind,
You'll never be gone.

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Written in 2001-2002 for Blaine Anderson.