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[aid] => mick
[title] => Summer Memories
[time] => 2011-11-26 12:57:03
[hometext] => Prompt: Yellow. A summer love and the result of it all
[bodytext] => That summer with you I tried everything: I ran in the wheat fields behind our farm I sang on the stage at the fair I rode the Ferris Wheel (And I didn't even get scared) That summer with you I danced for the first time I let myself be held and spun on the soft grass In the moonlight, while the rest of the world Was silent That summer with you I tried everything: I stayed up all night and all day I chased the wind I took honey from the bees And even as I ran, I wasn't scared Because you held my hand That summer with you I smiled Such a small feat, but such an important one You just drew the optimism out of me And I was powerless against your laugh That summer with you I finally did everything: I drank in the sunlight and didn't even Care that I was burnt the next day I watched the sunset and I held You close so I could savor the moment That fall I lost everything--I lost you I lost the sunlight I lost the power to smile And it was the knowledge that there Would never be another summer That killed my hope of life Until the next summer when I held our daughter And smiled at how like you she was already, Making me do all the things I didn't want for my own good Author notes [comments] => 1 [counter] => 77 [topic] => 22 [informant] => Syncoplesque [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => LostLove )
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