Andrea Cebrecos

Before him
Life was ordinary
With no colors
A world that was empty
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(A Tribute to Florida's Everglades)

Legendary beauty
That I once read about in a book
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Please give me your attention
I’m not talking for my health
There has been some tension
And it’s threatening to make things go to hell
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If you think I’m going to bother you
You are mistaken
Because darling
I’m starting to slowly realize
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I am one
Looking for the young woman that
I am to become
I thought I had found her
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And she gazed up at the stars and thought
'Will anyone ever love me again? '
And she felt everything she believed in fall apart
Throwing her pride on the floor
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Thrown in a corner
Were the words “Once upon a time”
Crumbled and forgotten
Waiting to be thrown out
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He told her he was temporary
Just practice for all the boys she would meet
She thought he sounded silly
Because she saw him as permanent
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When you asked me what I wanted
I responded “Whatever makes you happy”
And even though I was being honest
What I meant to say was “to continue trying”
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Standing here alone
Underneath the pouring rain
Waiting for you, love
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She once wrote to love
Explaining how much it hurt
But love didn’t care
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The hallways were filled with people
Yet they appeared cold and empty
To the girl sitting in the corner
Feeling abandoned and alone
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Left alone to cry
She had nothing to turn to
Except solitude
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He gave her his wristband
A sign of his attachment to her
She mistook it for possessiveness
And wanted to leave it lying in a corner
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Locked away in its prison it remained
Never to play another note or scale
Never to be taken out of its cell
But for a gentle touch its body pained
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Locked and abandoned in its case
The saxophone seized to play
It didn’t leave behind a single musical trace
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Its golden body
Began to slowly decay
It no longer played
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She had abandoned her passion
A passion she had once called a gift
Claiming she no longer had time
Trading it for what now seemed more important
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Whoever put “good” and “bye” together
Was obviously not thinking
So as I stand in front of you in the airport
I’ll just say “Badbye”
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