SymMetrical

Morning coffee 5-5:30 Freezing shower echoed singing Family sleeping Late for work KTLA two bran muffins Morning music used car salesman stuck in traffic car horns blaring   cubicle      cuubicel   q-bbickle dill pickle 9:00 home at last how'd the day go by so fast?

Many, many years ago On an island far away Kings and Queens had ruled the land Where you and I both stayed Neither of us could recollect How we found each other or ended up there on the sand hand in hand Back then, many years ago Our minds could run astray And get lost among the wilderness Where you and I both stayed And no-one had a boat to build or a train to catch or a kite to fly because we were together and wrapped up by the sky Many, many years ago on an island, on the sand I was king and you were queen Together we ruled the land

In that fire, they'd laid. Every letter. Every photo.  Every trace of you. The embers kissed the carpet as the soot filled the air. It was so comforting — To erase my past in a warm blaze and kill every memory of you. In that fire, you'd died. Every hour. Ever minute. Every second of you. Your kiss left my face as your scent filled the air. It was so comforting — To leave my past and receive the goodbye that I never got from you. - Tristan B.

The clocks stopped ticking ever since you left. The grass stopped growing, and the flowers stopped blooming. The sun stopped rising, ever since you left. The light stopped shining, and the moon stopped hiding. The clouds stopped pouring ever since you left. The ceiling stopped leaking, and the trees stopped dripping. The fire stopped burning ever since you left. The flames stopped roaring, and the ash stopped falling. My life stopped moving ever since you left. I never stopped crying, and I never started living. - Rain B.

Today, when dismissed You talked to me For the first time In a long time Then you asked me All about her And what happened And how I felt And I told you Not to worry I did not fall Or scrape both knees Then I asked you All about him And what happened And how you felt And you told me I was lucky Because you fell And scraped both knees Then you showed me All your bruises And I saw you For the first time You and I then Walked together For the first time In a long time