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melissa b.

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where are you,
today?

what does your
life
look like?

if you saw me
would you know
who i am?

have you thought of me
even once
over these many, many years?

would you imagine,
or even care,
that i think of you
from time to time?

perhaps my view
of you
is too idealist
because we never
had the chance
to discover
each other.

i just remember
how
everyone
would pick on you
and it hurt my heart.

and i remember
that ball we rolled
on the bus
the first day we met
and how i thought
you were much younger
than you were.

i remember your
curly hair,
and the tone
of your skin.

i remember
you telling me
of your home state -
little did you know
of my romantic notions
about new england.

i remember
we lived in the same town,
and the day
for some odd reason
you got dropped of
before me
and i got to see
where you lived.

do i have this
crazy,
romanticised
notion
about us
because we never were,
never fought,
never hit the brick wall
of
incompatibility?

it's just one more thing
on that long, long list
of
if i just knew
what i needed to do
i would do it. . .

but for now
i'll stop all the
philosophical
meandering
and simply say,

Hello.
For whatever it means,
I haven't forgotten you.
Have you me?

© 2001 (1 october) john r. chase


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