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The First Meeting

November 30, 2018
By ashfah17 SILVER, New York, New York
ashfah17 SILVER, New York, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"Do not go gentle into that good night...Rage, rage against the dying of the light."


The first meeting.
It is the one that changes
Everything,
regardless of how profound it may be in the moment.
 
A moment, a memory which but grows
In significance,
As the dawn turns into dusk,
Light into day into light once again.
The first meeting.
 
The first
I remember of her was the hair.
Cut short, trimmed down,
Framing her face almost perfectly.
 
Her smile,
I look away because it is simply too
Dazzling
For mortal eyes.
The first meeting.
 
Might I mention that I had chosen to never love? A lifetime of searching for the first lovehad led to an infinite state of deprivation.
 
A physically present
Emotionally absent
Father
Ruins you.
“Daddy issues” is what they call it.
 
I found myself waiting for the day they’d leave me, like all the rest. Waiting for the day it would all fall apart. The day I would fall apart.
 
The first meeting.
Dare I hope again?
Dare I hold her hand?
Dare I say her name with mine?
 
Another glance, I say.
Only once more.
My words are all I have to offer.
For her, I’ll bleed on this paper,
Saying all I wish I could.
 
The first meeting. The last meeting.
Now, all but a memory.



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