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Lovely

January 10, 2021 by Jessica No Comments

“Walk with me,” she said.

We strolled together, side-by-side

past roots and soil, earthen blooms,

hypercolor petals dripping with bees.

We strode — faster than the moment should have allowed.

It is the last time — why hurry?

Purpose waits for nothing.

Finality co-exists —

a visual checkbox, one by one by one.

I ached to linger — to remain — to decelerate the passing of time.

She quickened her pace, checking box after box —

afraid to dwell — to feel too deeply.

Task complete, she turned to me with forced, hollow cheerfulness —

“Lovely, wasn’t it?”

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