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"It only happens when you're not here..." Write a story or poem that contains this line.
"It only happens when you're not here..." Write a story or poem that contains this line.
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Crimsonrose in Flash Fiction

“Remembrance”

You arrived like an unexpected breeze

Which blew my sails off course

Towards unexplored lands

A face I had often seen

Now seemed so unfamiliar

Places I had been to

Became even more dear in your presence

But you who lived so afar

Your seldom visits were like a jolt

To my lonesome heart

It only happens when you're not here

Still your remembrance has become so dear

The feelings always bottled in a jar

Trapped by me to keep me safe

Now you have let them loose

The distance with you now gone

With the empty space created

On the sofa on which you sat

When my eyes drift to that place

I am left with those memories

Then like a clumsy fool

I anticipate your arrival

Waiting is so torturous for me

But it seems you like to test your power

Still only with you gone

I remember all those rare moments

And again within me is hidden

That desire to see you once more.

#Absence#love#Feelings#Remember