POEM STARTER
How could something so small take up so much space in my heart?
Compose a poem inspired by this question.
Just One
You.
I know you.
I’ve seen you somewhere before, haven’t I?
You behind me
Sitting in my shadow
How do you do friend?
Where have you been all this time?
What are you doing here now?
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I don’t quite follow
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I don’t quite follow
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Ah, here on business I see!
Well it’s a fine time to be around!
Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for this moment?
How long I’ve been waiting to do this?
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Please
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I don’t quite follow
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Can’t I just have one hug?
Just one?
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Why are you behind me?
Why can I not see you?
Can’t you show me your face?
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I don’t remember what it was like
Before you
With just a thought of mine you appeared
With the blink of an eye
With a snap of my fingers
You came…
But why?
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Please
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Just one
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Just one hug, then I’ll be on my way
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I know you better then I know myself
You are so imperfectly perfect
Yet I’ll never see your face
I’ll never see you
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The closer you come the farther I go
Down the rabbit hole
My mind is a place where I cannot get stuck
But I did
And here you are
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Please
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Just one hug
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Just one look
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I don’t quite follow
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I don’t quite understand
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Why
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It’s so simple
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Yet so hard
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I often find myself staring up at my ceiling late at night
Then you show up
We talk for hours
I don’t even notice the time passing
I never understood you
I could never quite follow
You mean too much
It feel sick
It feels like I’m sick
Don’t you ever get tired of talking to yourself?
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Can’t I see you
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Just once
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Can’t I have just one hug
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Stupid, stupid, stupid
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Your voice is to comforting
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You can’t imagine what I’d give
To see your face
To give you one hug
Just one
You are one mystery I will never solve
I feel you coursing through my veins
With every thought there’s you
And you can’t just give me one hug
Just one
It’s stupid I know
But you don’t know what I’d do
Just to really have one
Just one
Like you