Erika Wingo Poems

Love changes
Without warning
And with total disregard
Like the weather
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I tried to
Be like you
I really did try
To make you proud
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I couldn't help but stare
Mesmerized
By the fluid movement
Of your fingertips
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Looking down the last road
That I will ever travel
I wonder what lies at its end
Will it be lonely without life
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Contentment in memories
Serenity in recollections
Of a past that holds us
As an eternal flame
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I sit and I hold our young son close
When I'm in the midst of utter despair
He's the closest possession that I have
to you
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I felt the world shift
Beneath me
The atmosphere changed
I know now that a broken heart
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I linger within each moment
Sauntering lazily through the day
Time follows along behind me
Making sure to stay
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If you allow yourself
To sink and wallow
In misery and fear
It will surely overcome you
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I can't stop staring at you
When we're alone
I can't stop thinking about you
When we're apart
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