Sentimentalization Poem by Dyhanara Rios

A whole character is built in the written word.
It's you, but it's not you, because you're alive.
But it becomes you,
And you become it when you die.

Your familiar trademark soda pours out of fountains
And doesn’t cost a dollar anymore.

Your favorite fast food places line the streets
Of your daily routine roads.

Your golden-tan van of a vehicle with the strawberry tree air freshener never breaks down;
The licence place number lasts longer than seven years.

Your favorite number, seven, is everywhere
And every poem has it hidden somewhere.

The people writers fall in love with live forever.

And when the writer's dead or off in a distant land
People are shaking their heads
'Cause they don't understand
What it feels like to have urges to hug you or hold your hand.

And every once in a while her heart is trembling
When she remembers your smiles
Or having trouble remembering.

But that's why she keeps on writing
So she won't ever have to forget
Or keep on fighting her thoughts
Or die with any regret
'Cause she would never take back
Anything she's ever done
For her passionfire sun.

Oh, this poem will never be finished until she's dead.
Oh, sunshine, oh, sunshine, oh, sunshine…
She fell in love with you. You’ll live forever.