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BEREAVED

My heart told my head she must still be here

here in the house where her life had shaped me.

 

Yes she would never pass this way again

but my heart told my head that these

markers of a life, the reclining chair

radio, the familiar curtains,

piano I cut my future on

these transient things must be passed on

to the world outside.

 

My heart would burst though it must ...

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