Potential Flushed


A blank page
a boring day
potential flushed
in multitudes
of 24-hour
slots of time.

More alone than lost
more lost than ever
and lonelier still than
the day before and
before the day
you left me-

way back when...

The page was full
life was rich
potential chased
in multiples
of ten to the power
of twenty.

More naive than wise
more wise than ignorant
ignorant still that
the well would run dry
and tears would flow
and our love would die

way back when...

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