Love Poem: A Family Once Upon a Time
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Written by: Gina Young

A Family Once Upon a Time

Someone who knows someone
and someone i used to know
they posted these moving photographs
on some social media interwebs
And i woke from a dream in such a start
to unknowingly know her voice again
its been 11 years and im too old now for shelter
but you might think id have someones hand on my shoulder
its not easy, but i never knew it would be this damn hard
everything fell away so quickly without you
and we didnt want each other anymore
you were the ties that bind, you were the superglue
I was just a child, i was acting out and so confused
never thought that you would really go
never thought that hospital room would become my tomb too
and i never thought it would leave me here on my own
i miss the same people that are still missing you
and the cut went too deep and none of us can be fixed
and we spent years just hurting each other, without you here
nobody is fixable now, just paper dolls burnt up into ash
i woke from that dream with such a start
and i feel your voice comfort me again
and i see u smile, a glass of beer and cigarette in hand
take me with you, wherever it is you go.