Sonya Florentino Poems

A SUDDEN TURN (original version)

a fish darts forward
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Meet me by the river tonight
Just you and me under the pale moonlight
I promise you I won’t be afraid
of the dark
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Give a child a stick
Watch her create magic, there!
in front of your eyes
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I thought I saw a glimpse of her
As she zoomed around the bend
I swear I saw her wink and smile
But I could be mistaken
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I could have moved him

If he could hear how loud
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The drawing came back
Like a second line of a poem
My throat grew tight, chills
ran down my spine
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The air is thick with silence
The emptiness deafens
My mouth gasps open
but echoes nothingness
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Why must it be like slivers, like crumbs
Why can't I hold anything in my hands
Why does it feel like accidents, like chance
Why must everything slip away like sand
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She’s larger-than-life
She’s bolder
She takes more risks
She’s wilder
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Oh my god
Why am I doing this
Writing poetry
And giving away
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