Holidaze

I missed you there
In that second
Between passing
And repetitive thoughts
Missed you
As I looked to them
Silent
Expressive
With every inch
They closer moved...

I missed you then
Miss you now
With the song
Between my ears
That makes me mourn
So close
To tears
And that ultimate finality
Which escapes the adjusted mind
But lingers in the skewered...

The problem with the holidays
As it is with everything else
Is that once you've known
The good
Great
Keeps you up at night
Changes the way you walk
Makes you better
Even when you're at your worst,
You want nothing more
Than to return
As the world reminds of loss
With sad songs to match
Hidden joys
Wrapped beneath over-decorated trees...
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