Nhi Bui Poems

'It's never too late', they say
But I don't agree because, you see
We take our time
We wait and wait
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I am the air
I am there,
Yet not seen
I might not be, at all
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The sun creeps in
The room to find us
But we are hidden
In the darkness
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The sun, high
In an ocean sky
Touches me
I close my eyes
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I close my eyes
I steady myself
I ready myself
It's coming, I know
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If I was brave
I would call you
And tell you
That after all this time
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It pulls at the corners of your smile
It makes your laughter out of tune
It makes your face so white and wan
And ghostly like the moon
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Hiding in the shadows, hidden in the dark
Lurking, watching, waiting
Plotting, planning, anticipating
Circling like hungry, savage sharks
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