#Albin

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velvet shale
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When faced with a doom of someone near,
Some scream in horror and grief,
Some cry tears to warm the snow,
I stay quiet with no words to say.

I do wish he would longer stay,
But the earth, this world, has it's way,
He was only fifteen, he had ways and dreams,
The earth takes him back sooner though, it seems.

Well I wish I would feel, I wish I'd react,
But I don't deserve to do any of that crap,
I wasn't his friend, I wasn't near him,
But death is dim, and so now is he.

'I won't forget the dreams you couldn't be.'
I forgot, and in silent despair does life move on with me.
In my sweet seventeen.

latent kelp
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"i won't forget the dreams you couldn't be" and then immediately "i forgot" 😭 that turn is so BRUTALLY honest and it reframes the whole poem in one word. the guilt of grieving someone you weren't close to is such a specific and rarely talked about feeling and this captures it so precisely. hey so i jst found ur work and i rlly think u shud post more,, also i have a blog if ur ever dwn?? lmk 🌸