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Come and weep with me

Reanimate bittersweet memories

Of These desperately short human lives

And the people we are scared to leave behind

The depth and range of emotion

A reminder that we’re only human

The sword and shield

That we wield

The love and anger

The yearning for longer

We are alive

For what it’s worth

And We can fight

As it gets worse

On your last day

Would you

replay

A final breath

A final sleep

Would you admire the pretty things

Feel the beauty in nettle stings

See the child in the ones you despise

See Your reflection in a lovers eyes

Bathe the sun on your sin

Relish the sensation

For a minute there

I forgot how lucky we were

For a minute there

I forgot how loved we were

It’s a lesson hard learnt

No easy way out

I almost forgot

How lucky we were

Almost didn’t see

The beautiful things

Senses dulled in

meloncollie

Bled the vibrancy

of everything

I almost forgot how lucky we were

For a minute there

I forgot how lucky we were

For a minute there

I forgot how loved we were

For a minute there

I forgot how pretty we were

For a minute there

I forgot how hopeful we were