I’ll Go First.

Sticky tape this life back together;

don’t run hot water over it.

It will only make a mess and ruin

all of the hard work we invested.

Get rid of your skipping rocks;

throw them in the dumpster behind

that old block buster that we

never really liked. Wrap me up in your

arms on a chilly September

night and promise me you’ll read my

journals after I’m gone (if I go first).

I want you to read between the

sentences and see all the love that

I left behind for you. Search through

my books and find hidden letters

never given. While we’re here,

while we’re “young”, hold

my hand, love me hard.

ReBecca DeFazio

More Than a Flower

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